Most of you, by now, will already have seen the clip I am talking about here. If you have not, then I can only apologise, from the bottom of my heart, for what it is that I am about to do to you. Keep the volume down good and low on this one, for your […]
McGrath: RTÉ is overpaid, their coverage is “dire”
What value, in other words, do we get from RTE? In my own case, and I sorely doubt I am alone, the answer is none.
For most of yesterday, the name of the person who was wrongly suspected of carrying out the unprovoked and brutal murder of Ashling Murphy was not made public by the Gardai. All that we knew is that he was male, in his forties, originally from Romania, and was known to Gardai. And, of course, that […]
In most of the rest of the English speaking world, the definition of an incidental case is “somebody who was admitted to hospital for a reason other than covid 19”. In Ireland, the definition is different.
RTE is supposed to cover Irish News. Very often, it seems to see its role as covering up Irish News
Case numbers are soaring, hospital numbers are slowly rising, ICU numbers are flat, and the number of people being ventilated artificially to keep them alive is actually falling.
The public deserve accurate data, and to have absolute faith that the data is not being politicised and manipulated to shape public opinion.
If you watch RTÉ at all, you’ll know that one of their favorite hobby-horse issues to discuss is that of climate change. In an article yesterday (which you can read below) I went through how RTÉ is partnered with a climate activist group called Covering Climate Now. Attempts to pin any weather remotely outside the […]
One rule that is a good one to abide by in life is this: Never be mean or rude to somebody knocking at your door. That goes especially for political canvassers: Most of them are party volunteers, not responsible for setting policy, and are doing something good and healthy in a democracy: getting involved and […]
People who disagree with RTE on any of these issues, and continue to pay the licence fee, are wilfully and consciously funding their enemies.
It is completely remarkable that the people who, just a week ago, thought Irish Soccer Player Callum Robinson should not play again for Ireland until he was vaccinated against Covid-19 have gone so quiet in the wake of his five-goal week for the national team. After all, the argument that Robinson should not be playing […]