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

Thanks @CramCycle for the clarification on the fact it was an opinion column! Was aware of that myself.

It publish under that segment of the paper, because as far as I'm aware the author is not a staff reporter/journalist of the paper?

• Dr TJ McIntyre is an associate professor in the UCD Sutherland School of Law, consultant solicitor with FP Logue Solicitors and chairperson of Digital Rights Ireland.

It was written by a person, with some standing, and not submitted by some unknown hack writer.

Edit: Also got covered in Independent today.

Sorry on mobile, had a read of the paper in sisters house just now. Search 'Gript' on the site.

Always funny when people who clearly lean to the right, in some case the extreme right, try to pretend that they're "centrists".

Journalist privilege is the right of Journalists not to reveal their sources without suffering any consequences.

Its not doctor patient privilege or lawyer client privilege. If a reasonable assessment of fact determines that communications contain evidence of a crime or conspiracy to commit crime, authorities can apply for a warrant to access that information. As long as its above board and not completed on a spurious basis its fine.

And in fact even doctor patient and lawyer client privilege is not universal. If they have information about someone in potential danger they are obliged by law to report it.

Fair play to Louise Byrne and Jack Horgon-Jones for calling out Coppinger's and ending the press conference in solidarity with Ben.

The other journalists were right to defend their colleague who was singled out by these two just because of the publication he works for.

As an aside these PBP/Socialist types really are the dourest most depressed looking people in the world with bad attitudes.

They don't come across as people you'd want to spend much time with of a weekend.

Left wing extremists see anyone they disagree with as far right. That's the only arrow in their quiver after all.

The Irish electorate have rightly said "no thanks" to the far right, I really wish they'd start doing the same with the far left.

People like Coppinger have form for making claims about people with absolutely no evidence whatsoever as well. Think the school uniform fiasco a few years back, she and other left wing grifters were all too happy to jump in with both feet accusing male teachers of inappropriate behaviour, and when they were proven wrong there was no retractions or apologies issued. How Coppinger hasn't ended up in court for libel is beyond me.

Two cheeks of the same…

I have absolutely zero time for Gript, but they are members of the Press Council.

If they refuse to answer them now, and PBP hypothetically ended up in government, would they then just refuse to answer questions from publications putting more pressure on them if they don't like it?

Completely understand that more often than not they ask questions that are in bad faith, but they have earned the right to ask them and it's up on everyone else to actually push back instead of refusing to acknowledge them.

The problem with this is because it shows PBP just don't like to be properly challenged and it sets an awful precedent if they were to find themselves in power.

On the other hand, will the bad faith actors here acknowledge that perhaps the 'MSM' isn't as bad as you lot make them out to be?

Completely understand that more often than not they ask questions that are in bad faith, but they have earned the right to ask them

They have 'earned' the right to ask questions in bad faith? How does that work exactly?

No one is obliged to answer bad faith questions.

The have earned feck all.

It was actually a softball question just asking their thoughts on what the justice minister said about immigration.

If one of the other media outlets asked that question they’d have no problem answering it.

Refusing to acknowledge media organisations because you don’t like them is Trumpian. You, like me, would give out in the Trump thread when he’s kicking out the Associated Press etc.

Huge amount of American influence in that place that really annoys me. I used to live up around there while the whole abortion referendum thing was taking place and it was just streams of Christian Americans going in and out.

Really got a sense that there was a massive attempt to interfere with the process from American Christian fundamentalists.

The question put to them was what are your views on Jim O Callaghan saying we need to speed up deportations.

Whats bad faith about that? I'm only sorry Louise didn't ask the same question.

I would have thought it was obvious enough. They both rely on American money coming from outside Ireland to push their agendas to influence public opinion in Ireland.