griffin100 wrote: » Driving home tonight and flicking between the radio channels. At the same time RTE1 had a story about the tallaght fraud and how we should all be sorry it happened, Today FM had an piece about how racist we are in Ireland and NewsTalk had a Muslim academic on telling us we need to accept Islamist culture in this country. The media has been taken over almost exclusively by social justice warriors. I actually got angry. Journalism is dead in this country.
PlaneSpeeking wrote: » I think it is more that an obvious hoax was perpetrated for the purposes of gain. No one in the media questioned it, just reported it as gospel. Journalists are here to report the news yes, but to ensure it is true and accurate and not just repeat a narrative parrot fashion without fact checking. .
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » The media owe Eoghan Murphy and the government an apology over their disgraceful front page headlines which has given Ireland a bad name around the world. All based on lies, shame on them and this cash yoke.
dav3 wrote: » Poor Murphy, he'll probably be out of a job soon enough with the way he's handled this. Damn you (((media))) and your reporting of the housing and health crisis *shakes fist at cloud*
Kivaro wrote: » RTE is our national broadcaster, but since their existence is protected by law (and politicians) and they are financed by taxing the citizens of this country, we know better than to expect impartial reporting from them. Liberalism can be a good thing sometimes, but RTE takes it to the extreme in their one-sided reporting of all things liberal. It is very disappointing that there is no competing entity in the country to balance this situation. But what about the other media outlets in the country? There are two sides to every story. There always is. Look at the omnipresent Margaret Cash as an example. On one hand you have a mother who ended up at a Garda station with her six children because she had no where else to go. Definitely something to look at and report on. However, what about the other side of the story. Margaret Cash, a criminal with involvement in Traveller gangs who terrorise communities around the country, but still receives approximately €50,000 in tax-free aid every year to support herself and her family. And yet she has ended up homeless ......... at a Garda station. Where is the examination of this aspect of the story? There are many other examples of media bias in Ireland. Irish media, with the exception of a very few, report the side of the story that will play well with certain political groups in the country; groups who would economically ruin Ireland if they came within a hair's breadth of power. The one-sided reporting of this homeless case is a slap in the face to those who contribute to society in a positive manner and a worse slap in the face who are truly vulnerable in this country. Irish Media (in general) have failed the vast majority of the Irish population and they should never be trusted to tell us the truth. They have lost any sense of integrity and if we have any sense we should boycott their advertisers at the very least, and at the very most we should just ignore them. Maybe they know that their time is coming to an end and they are willing to grasp at sensationalist straws in order to stay afloat.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Handled what?? Please tell me how any of this bints situation is his fault?
Odhinn wrote: » Do we have any links/sources as regards that claim?
Kivaro wrote: » RTE had the Margaret Cash story on the 6.1 news again this evening. So I was looking at the complaints process (link) at RTE and under the code of practice for the handling of complaints, and at the very top of the section we have this: RTÉ is obliged under Section 39 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 to ensure that: (a) all news broadcast is reported and presented in an objective and impartial manner and without any expression of the broadcaster's own views. There is no way on earth that RTE can claim that the Margaret Cash reporting on yesterday's news was fair and balanced. It was completely partial and with zero objectivity. The e-mail address for complaints is here ........ if anyone is interested:complaints@rte.ie
prinzeugen wrote: » I reported the weekly anti-British/Britex crap from Tony Connolly. Didn't even get a reply from them. Even although this guy has a major conflict of interest in reporting on anything Britex related.
Roanmore wrote: » I haven't been following this story much aside from the headlines but Newstalk had a piece on this story today, basically how people were using social media to vent and abuse Margaret Cash. It started out balanced enough, the guy standing in for Ivan Yeats said he would read texts from both sides. He started off reading the pro texts, spoke softly and solemnly, next the anti texts, his voice changed, nothing but contempt for the people's viewpoint. The last text, some guy said that if a dog constantly had pups the owner would be described as irresponsible and said surely having 8 kids when you can't afford it is irresponsible. Maybe a little insensitive but what happened next I thought was a disgrace. First of all he said people who make these comments never leave their name, he was corrected by his production team. Then he said here we have a guy comparing Margaret Cash to a bitching dog on a puppy farm. He then repeated it for good measure. The texter never mentioned bitch or puppy, they were the presenter's words. Next Fergus Finlay chimes in defending Margaret Cash having a big family comparing it to his own large family. The thing is he undermined his own argument by saying his parents did lots of things to earn money to raise their family. Presenter never said a word, too busy having a rant against people who were complaining about not being able to afford children even they were working and paying taxes.
DickSwiveller Returns wrote: » I wonder was that Kieran Cuddihy. He's not very tolerant of opposing opinions.
Atoms for Peace wrote: » George Orwell called it a long time ago in The Road to Wigan Pier, the "sandal wearing vegans" have ruined socialism for the actual working classes leaving the door wide open for the far right.
touts wrote: » The liberals have shut down all reasonable economically right wing parties and the clatholic fundamentalists have hijacked all socially right wing parties. The crack down on all right of center "thought crime" is forcing people further and further to the right to find a home for their beliefs. This is why Steve Bannon will find greater traction for his proposed right wing movement in this country than people think. The liberals will regret the day they brought down the PDs and Renua when they are faced with Bannon's movement.
suicide_circus wrote: » I'm actually not opposed to all socialist ideas. I recognise that the answer is probably somewhere down the middle. the rot in socialist policy starts with a carte blance no questions asked abdicate all personal responsibility approach to welfare payments. it siphons money away from genuine cases and sows resentment in the tax payer
Silentcorner wrote: » This issue will never be addressed as long as our media and established political parties can help it, to do so would mean the huge poverty/charity sector would have to be completely reformed, as too would the Legal Sector who make fortunes on the backs of people like Mrs Cash.
HappyAsLarE wrote: » You should be 100% opposed to socialist ideas. It requires tyranny to implement.
DickSwiveller Returns wrote: » We don't really have journalists in this country. There are a tiny few like Mick Clifford, but overall we have campaigners masquerading as journalists. The level of bias in Irish media is off the wall.
Elmer Blooker wrote: » A bit unfair to single out the Irish media, they are all singing off the same hymn sheet - for example, last night Channel 4 news had an article about the brutality of the Assad regime to divert attention away from western backed crimes and atrocities in Yemen. Guess what? There was something on the RTE news this evening about the "bad" Assad regime. Who remembers the bombing of a school bus in Yemen now?
Kivaro wrote: » There are two sides to every story. There always is. Look at the omnipresent Margaret Cash as an example. On one hand you have a mother who ended up at a Garda station with her six children because she had no where else to go. Definitely something to look at and report on.However, what about the other side of the story. Margaret Cash, a criminal with involvement in Traveller gangs who terrorise communities around the country, but still receives approximately €50,000 in tax-free aid every year to support herself and her family. And yet she has ended up homeless ......... at a Garda station. Where is the examination of this aspect of the story? There are many other examples of media bias in Ireland. Irish media, with the exception of a very few, report the side of the story that will play well with certain political groups in the country; groups who would economically ruin Ireland if they came within a hair's breadth of power. The one-sided reporting of this homeless case is a slap in the face to those who contribute to society in a positive manner and a worse slap in the face who are truly vulnerable in this country.
Silentcorner wrote: » The media are much better versed at distracting us from the real issues than we seem to think. You'll also notice that we have never seen two politicians discussing the issue of life long benefit dependency, the impact that has on a person, and a community and therefore the town/city and country..ever, it has never happened despite the amount of hours per week we are presented with Current affairs and News content. In fact, our media never tackle that issue despite the fact it is the root cause of a lot of addiction, criminality, anti social behaviour and the like, instead, they feed us stories like this knowing full well we'll take the bait...
mikemac2 wrote: » Around the time of the bank crash the Indo reported that AIB staff receive €2,400 every year to join golf clubs, tennis clubs, ride horses & horse-whip taxpayers bla bla It was true that an allowance existed but they were stacks of conditions and it wasn’t an easy bonus. Staff pay the subscription and go to HR to claim a percentage. The very top figure was only for senior staff Bank staff on low to average pay took a lot of needless abuse and this sort of rabble rousing didn’t help. Take one line from a HR manual and spin it
