Media
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It is essential in a democracy that the press reports the facts, distinguishes facts from opinions and corrects errors. The Irish Times styles itself the newspaper of reference. It used to call itself the newspaper of record but no longer can. It no longer aims to correct all the errors it prints. This article is […]
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Information drip
“Governments treat the information in their possession as a resource, to be doled out in amounts as they see fit, either copious flows or mean little trickles. I noted that ultimately, it is the Government that controls the tap” – Emily O’Reilly, Irish Information Commissioner 2003-13 In a serious blow to Freedom of Information in […]
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Panti support
On 12 January, Brendan O’Connor’s ‘Saturday Night Show’ featured a performance by drag queen Panti Bliss, followed by an interview with her alter ego, Rory O’Neill. During the conversation, O’Connor reflected that things were a lot better now than they were in the bad old days. O’Neill gave a considered answer to the question, reflecting […]
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Media need to look to the facts, not ideology Richard O’Domhnaill Tensions between the local community and the Shell-led gas consortium in north-west Mayo have considerably deepened following the sinking of the shellfish boat owned by Pat ‘the Chief’ O’Donnell in mid June. The sinking of his boat and the arrest of his son, Jonathan, […]
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by Brendan Balfe I was having dinner with Peggy Lee. I had just interviewed her in the bedroom of her home in Hollywood and she had kindly invited me to stay, she resting on the bed after a recent fall and me sitting beside her in a chair, quietly thrilled. A butler brought […]
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Chipping at David
Some radio techniques can’t be taught… though some can
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Alexander Cockburn by Harry Browne
The ‘non-contrarian’ who died last year, was the Irish-produced journalist with the best prose Time to fess up, here. Some of us used to be quite fond of John Waters. We even had evidence to back up our feelings: In Dublin, under his editorship in the 1980s, was a pretty good, sharp index of […]