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

Looks like Gript is eager to have a voice on it, dragging in #Adolescence and Upfront mentions!

I do not propose, in this article, to go through a lengthy list of incidents over the years where RTE has been guilty of providing the Irish public with something less than a fully rounded and thoroughly researched version of the truth, but suffice to say that if I was the organisation behind Mission to Prey, then I would be more hesitant to proclaim myself the final arbiter of fake versus real news. We all get it wrong sometimes.

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If “fake news” is simply people wishing narratives into existence, then RTE is Ireland’s single greatest producer of the stuff. And now it wants to police it.

It is, as Sarah says on this week’s podcast, the equivalent of Mike Tyson setting up a commission against violence to women.

Yes, I am aware of posters dislike for that site.

Got worried their for a second with a mod post in thread!

Didn't actually complain about the bias! I asked a question?

Yes I believe RTE has a bias view, same as most mainstream media inclusive of likes of the BBC.

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-under-scrutiny-heres-what-research-tells-about-its-role-uk ~~ Update 2023!

I actually posted the below, so I am not trying to prove or not if they have a bias.

Even if RTE have a bias (for political or advertisement purposes) they still rank high as a trusted source!

Just shared another viewpoint (I know questionable source) but posted it anyway.

Just because RTE/BBC are highly trusted sources, doesn't mean they don't have a perceived bias by the viewing public!

Irish Times article today on it!

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/04/05/rte-news-boss-deirdre-mccarthy-tackling-disinformation-has-to-be-much-more-of-a-focus-now/

“Yes. Or you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.”

Even when mentioning the above, she doesn't counter the point!

Also are they aware of the Gript article linked earlier where this point was raised?

McCarthy says RTÉ’s reporting is driven by the public interest and “that can, at times, mean you’re going against legal advice”. But lessons were learned from the Prime Time Investigates defamation of Fr Kevin Reynolds in 2011, with “a very robust editorial chain of command” put in place.

Other things in the works by RTE:-

It’s poised to be a busy 2025. The arrival of Clarity will be followed in the autumn by the long-trailed introduction of a new RTÉ News app, another element of Bakhurst’s strategic plan. Between now and then, it will introduce a news podcast called Behind the Story presented by David McCullagh, Katie Hannon and Fran McNulty, the trio who hosted election podcast Behind the Ballot.

@For Petes Sake I can see right through you. I know exactly <what> you're doing and so do you.

Please do explain what you think, I am doing? It looks like your accusing me of some kind of agenda! If that is the case, there is flag button on post's. Instead of taking pot shots at me, maybe backup your own posts or point of view!

Accounts posted that people only see BIAS from viewpoint of one side only of argument, I gave an example of that in action.

Do I have to put up another disclaimer again. Other's claimed I had an agenda posting about a certain platform. I have shared articles that discuss the different side of topics on RTE fact checking.

Already stated that I believe RTE have a bias, and that I wasn't out to prove one way or the other if they have or not!

Edit: - So that is what a moderation option does to posts on here!

A good OPINION article in the Sunday Indo today.

https://m.independent.ie/opinion/comment/eilis-ohanlon-how-can-rte-talk-about-fact-checking-when-its-own-reporting-is-so-one-sided/a1179233562.html

^^ ~ Archive.ph link!

It’s not that RTÉ or other news outlets knowingly spread falsehoods, more that their bias is generally so glaring as to not fool anyone.
Name an issue. Any issue.
Trump. Brexit. Immigration. Last year’s referendums on women in the home and the definition of the family, or previous ones on abortion and same-sex marriage. The church.
Now ask what RTÉ’s stance is on each issue.
Hardly any licence-fee payer is likely to reply: “Gosh, I really can’t tell.”

I said I believe RTE has a bias! Saying that I DID NOT make an assertion that it was true or false! I am open to reading others opinions and views, and if a strong convincing argument is put forward, will be willing to change my belief. I don't have an agenda to convince others one way or the other. If your assertion is that my belief is false, then please prove your claim. I see no justification why I need to backup my own belief.

• argumentum ad ignorantiam

If someone has the courage to put forward a view either way, be weary of been ripped to shreds on here, because the example of it, didn't include the other instances of x,y or z!