>www.rte.ie/news/clarity/< Fact checking from RTE! Would you accept their bias on issues?

I'd trust RTE a lot more than most sources of information including the CA forum and most of the trolls that live here

What they used to call critical thinking.

I suspect no matter what RTE does OP you'd probably think it's fake news etc etc.

Those who say that the mainstream media is biased or flat out lying to us - at all times - tend to be ok with anything from the mainstream media that suits their views.

"Question everything"/"think critically" tends to fall by the wayside when it comes to some guy's/gal's personal YouTube video if it chimes with their views also. They don't complain about media bias when it shares THEIR bias.

Now I don't think there's any media outlet that isn't SOMEwhat biased. Ideally all media should be completely impartial but that's a tricky one to achieve, however BBC and RTÉ are NOT Pravda, much as some like to pretend they are. I try to find sources that I neither agree nor disagree with, but it's difficult.

Some things just occur - the story is merely about something that happened. Bias doesn't come into it. News reporting isn't op ed.

The bias in RTE stems from their omission of coverage on certain incidents. It's easy to say they appear unbiased when they shy away from covering certain issues.

For example, the last debate prior to the election they deliberately left any debate on migration issues until almost 11.30pm and then ran it through in a few minutes. This despite regular polling showing migration was high up in the issues ahead of the election.

A massive dis-service to democracy.

This unfortunately seems to be a feature of most of the lily livered Irish media set, leaving plot holes in news items or ignoring incidents altogether only serves the purposes of certain others to fill the information vacuum.

Evidence of this, please.

Immigration isn't an issue. We need them to fill the vacancies.

Anything coming out of rte I would take with a large dose salts.

Yes they report on issues and so on that we know are actually happening or have happened but I feel they are a mouthpiece for the government and as such h terrified of asking hard questions or rocking the boat.

Their behaviour over the past couple of years and the issues that have been brought to light have not helped my belief that they are self-serving.

If they have a bias, it's that they try too hard sometimes to be unbiased. So if it could be seen as supporting one side, they might temper their language. But I guess it's something they have to do anyway.

Having said that, it's still better than most other sources.

RTE has massive editorial bias and very much a mouthpiece for not just government but whatever the narrative of the day is. They are bought and paid for by the government bailout and even their international news is often rehashed pieces by Afp, Rueters with clear agenda driven pieces.

You would be mad to view anything they put out without a pinch of skepticism. Anyone who watched their contributions during covid pandemic and their deadly silence as evidence has come to light since would see they aren't serious about reporting the news.

….and most of them stink😂!

RTE didn't scream "foreigners out"/"filthy traveller scum" when I wanted them to, so obviously not to be trusted.