The Thai Journalists' Association dismissed Thaksin's complaints outright.

Thaksin pointed to what he said was bias in the coverage of his trip to Isaan last week.

He told listeners to his weekly radio programme that he had visited three northeastern provinces to follow up on implementation of his government's policies.

He inspected progress in the Bt30 healthcare scheme, the village loan initiative the and "One Laptop Per Child" project, under which every student would have a notebook PC of his own to use for school.

Several media had also criticised him for saying that many educated residents of Bangkok still believe in people who are not trustworthy, instead of checking the facts first. But he was not referring to the whole population in the capital, only to some people, he said.

From now on, he added, he had to be more careful before doing or saying things because some media are not fair to him.

"The media should act with a sense of objectivity, and the country could progress further if society was neutral," he said.

Pichet Churak, deputy secretary-general of the Thai Journalists Association, said Thaksin should not blame others but should look at himself and ponder why there were many negative reports about him in the media.

"What he said could create confusion among the public that many groups have gone against him because of unfair media reporting. Thaksin is a public figure who can be scrutinised for his decisions and duties.

"He instead should do everything in a transparent manner and be ready to give clear answers on what he has done," Pichet said.

If he could do that, the media and the people were ready to support him to be prime minister again, he added.