Gript-A source of misinformation. **Read OP before posting**

Come again!
Who are these people that are are being sent to prison for saying things online?

So this while thing was made up by Gript for publicity?

We should just take you on your word because you feel sorry for people who frequent Gripts website because you feel some sense of moral superiority over them? OK then, thanks for sharing that.

Nice trigger for people to go searching for results, UK results from last year, but Germany has recent arrests.

Wondering has Justice Minister, Jim O’Callaghan made anymore statements since on it. A selection of opposition TD's (usual suspects getting soundbites in) gave some comments to Gript!

Example:-

Ken O’Flynn also criticised Minister O’Callaghan’s claim of being unaware of the matter when questioned on Virgin Media: “That either tells you two things—the minister is not on top of his brief, or the minister isn’t up to the job. So you take your pick of what that is.”

He added: “I’d hope to say that maybe he just wasn’t on top of it today. But that’s very, very worrying if a minister doesn’t know what’s happening in his own country, what’s happening in his own department, where he’s responsible for.”

If he was just trying to avoid answering question with informative answers, he could have handled it better. He probably regrets taking that option now.

Came across that link from Gript, earlier today, but wasn't sure if worth sharing?

OK, you're welcome to your opinion. Bye now.

Mod - warned for baiting and trolling

The post you're quoting has nothing to do with Gript.

Your narrative seems to be civil rights for everyone except people you disagree with.

Gript isn't the issue here, our national police force shouldn't be cutting corners and flying by the seat of their pants in pursuit of evidence. How many mistrials occur for those very reasons? And that's before the issue of the further mistrust it creates in groups already distrustful of the state.

The whole exercise was pointless and bore nothing but controversy, whoever was responsible for the decision making process behind it needs to give their head a wobble as do those excusing it on the grounds of not liking Gript.

There's a burden of proof when you make a claim like that which you're seemingly not enthusiastic about meeting yet in the next breath you're bemoaning the lack of evidence being provided to the contrary.

Surely you can see the hypocrisy you're presenting here.

I'm happy to leave it as a difference of opinion tbh, but I felt that dichotomy between your own lack of interest in providing proof and your observation of no proof being provided to disprove your assertions as some sort of feather in your opinions cap so to speak, was worth addressing.

what protest?

wtf can't the gript fans just say what they're on about, instead of just posting links to gript?

Gript wouldn’t exist if our media landscape was balanced.

I don’t really associate with the left anymore. I feel it has been hijacked by middle class straight middle aged white women like Coppinger.

I’d consider myself that terrible dirty word, to the left, centrist.

There’s no political party I feel at the moment represents me and the main media just tell me I’m a horrible person because I’m a realist.

The likes of David Quinn and Ian O'Doherty have had columns for decades. Mcguirk was also frequently on shows on both RTE and tv3/virgin. He ended up off of TV because of that time he committed liable on rte. If anything, I would say Irish media has gone to exceptional lengths for the sake of balance.

No one is ever going to have exactly the same views as anyone else.

Centrism is literally the majority of coverage. It's what gets parties like FF and FG elected. Commentators, as distinct from news, are always going to go to extremes. But commentators aren't news.

I don't see what you're looking for.

Fine Gael who flooded the country with migrants, South Americans and so on? Facilitated by Fianna Fáil.

They are not a centrist party.

The ones you consider centrist I consider right or centre right Quinn, O’Brien, Power, Kelly.

Those are columnists but for journalists this is the media who wouldn’t publish Ryan’s statement in case it caused a backlash.

I’m saying I don’t feel represented, you don’t get to tell me how I am represented.

They platformed some very odd individuals in the marriage equality referendum in particular, because there were almost no sane opponents who weren't bishops, and the bishops refused to appear on TV... but 50% of airtime had to be filled nonetheless.

Are you kidding, we probably have the most centrist politics in the democratic world.

@Hotblack Desiato Your welcome! ** griptsters **!?

I hopefully would not classify myself as one. Enjoy reading "Gript's" articles from time to time, but wouldn't take what they say as gospel, probably do additional research on the subject myself, if I needed.

What surprises me on this issue, is that people writing it of because of the source. Am I foolish to assume that Virgin Media and the Irish Times today, haven't done due diligence on it, before reporting it? If it was a bogus claim? Surely it would have be de-bunked by others by now.

I'm wondering what person is going to be gullible enough to report what supposedly happened to Derek Blighe last night!