Protests
In highlighting the alleged diversity of organised crime, RTE isn’t telling you anything new about organised crime. It’s telling you what it thinks of you, the Irish people.
One of the basic jobs of elected officials is to see things coming. There are some candidates running in these elections who did see this problem coming, and warned about it.
Voters, in a democracy, have a duty to themselves and their fellow citizens to be deeply skeptical.
I am right and Mrs. McGuirk, for the first time since about 1987 (at least in her view), is entirely wrong.
Not coincidentally, it must be suspected, the new Taoiseach has pledged to sort the issue of RTE funding before the next election
“Conservative, or right leaning, or alternative media is of no use to anybody if it’s just propaganda. That’s a hill I’ll die on”
The blackout on this report and its significance in Ireland is little short of a disgrace, and there is very little that can be said in mitigation for those in the Irish media apparently determined to attempt to cover it up.
The Irish Times is certainly in love with this – in fairness, fascinating – story it has uncovered about former Irish soldiers training a rebel group in Libya. No fewer than three articles on the story adorned the IT on Wednesday, with a series of follow-ups coming yesterday, and doubtless more by the time you’re […]
When politics and journalism becomes a self-reinforcing echo chamber, with each side adopting the attitudes and opinions of the other, that’s good for neither.
Yes, the media will grab the label ‘far-right’ from the top drawer, give it a good polish and slap it on any vote that does not go their way.
Patrick Kielty is by all accounts a very fine fellow and a nice man, but the ratings do not lie. The public, in this first year at the helm for him, just isn’t buying what he’s selling.