Left leaning media
The difference between mistake, and mindset.
The good news is that a media that behaves like this cannot survive, long term.
“They are coming for Russell Brand because he speaks the truth” is the kind of cheap slogan that is designed, and intended, to stop you from actually thinking.
This is important because it goes to the very basic question about whether you, as a member of the public, can trust the things you read.
RTÉ does not deserve a life buoy, in its present crisis. It deserves a lustily thrown anchor.
This is worth remembering, the next time you hear a pious lecture about fake news and trustworthy sources.
These are the messy, unpleasant challenges of the 21st century, the consequences of longer lives and greater personal life choices.
To modify an old saying: Just because they’re out to get you doesn’t mean you didn’t do anything wrong.
Important topics not debated
All of this demonstrates the peril in which news organisations increasingly find themselves.
The odd thing is, of course, that O’Connell’s argument that Rowling could just, well, shut up, doesn’t seem to apply in her mind to other women who also suffer abuse as a result of airing their views in public.