“It was an outlier.”
Welcome to the dark side, Ellen.
Media Minister Catherine Martin when asked if she accepts that people boycotting the TV license don’t want to fund RTÉ in any way: “What I would say to that is that the TV license is the law of the land, so it needs to be paid…it funds public service broadcasting.”
A politician with the balls (forgive me) to stand up and say what a lot of people are thinking – that RTE should be cut loose from public funding and left to its own devices – might quickly win the hearts and minds of a great many more voters than conventional wisdom suggests.
“Farcical.”
“I think it is only right.”
Committee hearing
No consequences.
“I would urge people to carry on paying their license fee”: RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst asked if he will apologise to those convicted of refusing to “subsidise flip flops.” #gript #RTÉgate