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Meddling Press?

ejmaztec · 2008-06-27 22:43:54

Having returned to my roots about twenty years ago, I need educating on one particular aspect of Irish Politics. In the UK, in my opinion, the press has too much say in who should be running the country. Most of the rags lay it on thick and fast when they regard a government as having gone past its sell-by date. I don't…

27-06-2008 10:43pm

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ejmaztec

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Having returned to my roots about twenty years ago, I need educating on one particular aspect of Irish Politics. In the UK, in my opinion, the press has too much say in who should be running the country. Most of the rags lay it on thick and fast when they regard a government as having gone past its sell-by date.

I don't notice anything like that in Ireland, or perhaps I'm blind. What is the relationship between the press and Irish politics?

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#2 27-06-2008 11:01pm

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Its more ambigous here. The UK situation is commendably transparent.

Mike.

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#3 27-06-2008 11:31pm

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The UK press is certainly a lot better. I feel Irelands politics in the media is too much about the politicians and not so much about whats actually important, they bump sales figures by making our politicians into 'reality tv' like stars. The UKs zero tolerance of corruption allows for such problems to blow over quickly and gets back to the real news a lot faster.

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