Gemma O'Doherty and Sophie Toscan du Plantier

BBC also did great work exposing the NAMA corruption up north when RTE wouldnt touch it. Spotlight also did great work on Fr Brendan Smith, another one that went under the RTE radar

FrancieBrady wrote: »

I understand that, but we need to be fair too. Some great exposure/reporting has been done by our own press.

*And the beef tribunal stuff came out in the Dail first and was then picked up by ITV.

Wasnt touched really by our own media

mynamejeff wrote: »

You understand that all these various allegations and theory's that gemma comes out with these days are lacking one thing , any kind of proof

What allegation would you like proof to? I will go to her twitter page and copy the proof and paste it here. And as others have pointed out, no one will sue her over her allegations.

robbiezero wrote: »

What allegations has she made the someone could sue her for?
Most of it seems to be "I know who dun it, but there is a big cover up".

I don't know if she is on to something or not, but I take most of it with a pinch of salt. The linking of Madeleine McCann to the Mary Boyle case in Donegal seemed to be extremely tenuous.

This is the comment I was answering.

mynamejeff wrote: »

You understand that all these various allegations and theory's that gemma comes out with these days are lacking one thing , any kind of proof

It specifically makes reference to allegations. That poster mentioned allegations. You should ask that poster about the allegations.

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Gemma O’Doherty is seen as a really brave and pioneering journalist by some folks. And is seen as a martyr for being sacked by Independent News and Media. But then you see her tweets and read her site and quickly realise she’s as mad as a bag of spiders. Conspiracy theorist, crank, rage against the machine sort.

I only knew her name for reasons in your first two sentences. Her tweets then started showing up in the "Irish Media" section of my twitter feed and I was like WTF, this can't be the same person can it? It's bizarre, as too are some of her cheerleaders there. Some really off the wall conspiracy theories put forward and alleged to on a regular basis.

Muahahaha wrote: »

Thing about Gemma is that those who call her a crank never seem to be able to back it up.

She pretty much backs it up herself, nobody needs to. She may hit something with some stories, others are off the wall.

There's plenty of Ian Bailey in the media, I listened to a long interview with him a couple of weeks ago during drive time radio.

Hurrache wrote: »

She pretty much backs it up herself, nobody needs to. She may hit something with some stories, others are off the wall.

As I said in an earlier post people cannot back up their allegations that she is a crank and I pointed out three of the main cases she is investigating- Mary Boyle, Father Niall Molloy and Cynthia Owens. No-one yet has come on this thread to refute what Gemma (and the victims) are calling facts in these cases.

I mean its all very well to call someone a crank online but if you cant back it up with a solid argument as to why she is a crank then all it amounts to is just vacuous name calling, the stuff of playgrounds.

I think half the problem in Ireland is that we are hard wired to believe that the Gardai are altar boys and when someone like Gemma challenges that notion people stick their fingers in their ears and shout conspiracy theory. The problem with that is there is already stacks of evidence that the Gardai is a corrupt force, planting bombs & weapons, heroin trafficking, framing murder suspects are all just part of their recent modus operandi.

Muahahaha wrote: »

As I said in an earlier post people cannot back up their allegations that she is a crank and I pointed out three of the main cases she is investigating- Mary Boyle, Father Niall Molloy and Cynthia Owens. No-one yet has come on this thread to refute what Gemma (and the victims) are calling facts in these cases.

I don't think anyone said she's a crank specific to those cases. Look at the broader picture.

FrancieBrady wrote: »

I was responding to the over the top remark that



Anyone following proceedings in the Dail would have known about the story.
And we have a good crop of TD's even today who have done sterling work on keeping people held to account.

Not denying that media has turned a blind eye to some stories but they have also exposed significant wrongdoings at times too.
Fair is fair. People in the UK would also be critical of ITV and BBC around the same issues. Generally it depends on what the individual titles are invested in or who they are owned by.

The two examples were the Beef Tribunal and Child Abuse sex scandals, I never remember Irish media, RTE or The Irish Times ever exposing scandals of national importance....they were the first time mainstream media brought national abuse scandals and corruption to national attention.


What stories have Irish media turned a blind eye to? Do you think?

Silentcorner wrote: »

What stories have Irish media turned a blind eye to? Do you think?

The most obvious ones are the Magdalen laundries through their existence and the Irish sweepstakes.

marieholmfan wrote: »

The most obvious ones are the Magdalen laundries through their existence and the Irish sweepstakes.

They also missed the endemic planning corruption in Dublin, that was revealed in the Mahon Tribunal.

If it wasn't for P Flynns extraordinary performance on the Late Late Show one evening, we would never have gotten to hear the account of Tom Gilmartin, we would have no idea how dysfunctional this state actually is.

Hurrache wrote: »

I don't think anyone said she's a crank specific to those cases. Look at the broader picture.

What does that mean?