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RTÉ Statement on Gunplot

  • 14-06-2021 12:24pm
    #1
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭


    Sorry if this isn't the right forum.

    Just thought it might be of interest.

    “In today’s Sunday Independent (13/06/’21), former government minister, Des O’Malley, claims that the producers of the RTÉ ‘GunPlot’ series never attempted to contact him for interview. The truth matters. And the truth is that RTÉ did make contact with Des O’Malley to ask him for an interview for the series. Des O’Malley declined to be interviewed by us and nominated his son, Eoin to take part in the series in his place. The truth does matter.”

    Eoin O'Malley has denied this set of events.

    Is it not strange from a marketing point of view to attach your Truth Matters slogan to a statement, surely if this isn't "truthful" than your slogan is just that a meaningless slogan.

    Would it not have been better just to say

    “In today’s Sunday Independent (13/06/’21), former government minister, Des O’Malley, claims that the producers of the RTÉ ‘GunPlot’ series never attempted to contact him for interview. RTÉ did make contact with Des O’Malley to ask him for an interview for the series. Des O’Malley declined to be interviewed by us and nominated his son, Eoin to take part in the series in his place.”

    ???? :confused:


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  • #2
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Elmo wrote: »
    Sorry if this isn't the right forum.

    Just thought it might be of interest.

    “In today’s Sunday Independent (13/06/’21), former government minister, Des O’Malley, claims that the producers of the RTÉ ‘GunPlot’ series never attempted to contact him for interview. The truth matters. And the truth is that RTÉ did make contact with Des O’Malley to ask him for an interview for the series. Des O’Malley declined to be interviewed by us and nominated his son, Eoin to take part in the series in his place. The truth does matter.”

    Eoin O'Malley has denied this set of events.

    Is it not strange from a marketing point of view to attach your Truth Matters slogan to a statement, surely if this isn't "truthful" than your slogan is just that a meaningless slogan.

    Would it not have been better just to say

    “In today’s Sunday Independent (13/06/’21), former government minister, Des O’Malley, claims that the producers of the RTÉ ‘GunPlot’ series never attempted to contact him for interview. RTÉ did make contact with Des O’Malley to ask him for an interview for the series. Des O’Malley declined to be interviewed by us and nominated his son, Eoin to take part in the series in his place.”

    ???? :confused:

    And they have now apologised!


  • #3
    Caquas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭Caquas


    RTE's apology didn't prevent this series winning the award for Best Podcast at this year's IMRO radio awards. The Oscars of Irish radio, you might say - if you were being sarcastic or if you're cynical about the Big Night Out for Hollywood luvvies.

    Strange that RTE apologised but made no effort to correct the record i.e. to edit the podcast so as to include O'Malley's side of the story. Too late now, sadly. Or fortunately for the producers of this series who obviously did not want O'Malley to spoil their tale of the patriotic gun-runners and the sleeveen Taoiseach.

    Can anyone explain why Captain James Kelly wasn't cashiered as soon as he got back from his "holiday" in Belfast and Derry in 1969 after he joined those on the barricades hurling missles at the RUC? Imagine the utter humiliation for our Defence Forces if he had been arrested and identified. In most hotspots, a foreign intelligence officer in civvies on enemy territory (in short, a spy) caught fomenting riots would consider themselves lucky to be shot at dawn, and ideally by their own side to show that their escapade was unauthoriesd.

    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/1002/1250303-imro-awards/




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