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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.
RTE has two things going for it: Patronage, and inertia.
RTÉ does not deserve a life buoy, in its present crisis. It deserves a lustily thrown anchor.
The anomaly gets coverage, the normal gets tumbleweed.
This is not a situation where small changes are going to work.
Minister Catherine Martin defends State broadcasters like RTÉ, claiming that they “strengthen democracy,” and that during Covid they provided “excellent factual information.” #gript #RTEgate
He is unlikely to take my advice, but if it was sought, it would be as follow
“A blow to media freedom.”
Make the licence fee optional – then those who trust RTE can pay for it.
Many jobs “will no longer exist as they do today.”
This is worth remembering, the next time you hear a pious lecture about fake news and trustworthy sources.
Can’t tell truth from fiction.
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