Let’s see what happens when their existence depends on serving the public, rather than being served by the public.
“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
“These are the first steps towards helping restore public confidence in RTÉ.”
The Ryan Tubridy scandal is the best entertainment RTÉ has produced in years
“This is incredibly bad PR on behalf of the RTÉ star in question”
‘Freeloaders’
“Standards become lower and lower.”
This is not a situation where small changes are going to work.
Eamon Ryan urges the public to keep paying the TV license fee: “Knowing the truth, having accuracy and fairness and balance, particularly in current affairs, but also in having a service that entertains us…if we stop paying we lose all of that. And that would be really harmful and bad for our country.” #gript #RTÉgate
Not RTÉ saga
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