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It's amazing that certain elements of the media have discarded all pretence of impartiality and are now leaning in, trying to say their bias is justified.
All grouping together, using each other's other's words & attacks in an orchestrated manner.
Then complaining that some
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All grouping together, using each other's other's words & attacks in an orchestrated manner.
Then complaining that some
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People on twitter use each other's words etc. They propose a conspiracy of an orchestrated social media campaign to attack a particular party.
The 4th estate are all but unified with government parties in their use of certain phrases & lines of attack against the opposition.
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The 4th estate are all but unified with government parties in their use of certain phrases & lines of attack against the opposition.
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There is no online conspiracy. People as individuals see hypocrisy and point it out. People see others make good points and share those points... narratives form, just as they form in the independent, except online they develop naturally, while in the Indo they're contrived.
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While the online conspiracy is fake, the institutional bias in Irish print media is documented and as a result, the people are losing faith in journalists.
If not for Twitter, people wouldn't have found out that several FG etc websites were in breach of GDPR
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If not for Twitter, people wouldn't have found out that several FG etc websites were in breach of GDPR
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If you as a supposed journalist truly hate SF, maybe start reporting with a modicum of objectivity and impartiality. Then perhaps your hatchet jobs would hold credence with a wider audience, as it stands though such ludicrously over the top hit pieces only hurts your cause.
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There are a few great journos in Ireland though, even one or two in the Independent, but overall the media industry in Ireland is highly institutionally biased. Many are closely related, married to, or are an ex/even current members of FFG
There are, thank god, discussions
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There are, thank god, discussions
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Going on right now about the future of media in Ireland.
Women are dreadfully underrepresented in media, as are working class voices and basically if you're not a white middle class male, you're underrepresented and that allows group think to develop, which it obviously has.
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Women are dreadfully underrepresented in media, as are working class voices and basically if you're not a white middle class male, you're underrepresented and that allows group think to develop, which it obviously has.
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Though some of the old journos have given way to a younger wave... 51% of journos believe the credibility levels of journalism have dropped, while 53% think they're under pressure to sensationalise the news.
"The Irish journalist of today"
Kevin Rafter and Stephen Dunne
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"The Irish journalist of today"
Kevin Rafter and Stephen Dunne
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Less than a majority, 48% of Irish respondents said they believed they could trust "most of the news, most of the time", with 27% distrusting the media.
A majority of Irish respondents want "objective and balanced news".
http://www.bai.ie/en/download/135006/
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A majority of Irish respondents want "objective and balanced news".
http://www.bai.ie/en/download/135006/
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There is no twitter conspiracy. Many of the accounts they're talking about aren't even SF supporters, but generally anti gov.
Many of the most vitriolic are alt right & also attack SF, especially the female reps.
But we're witnessing an orchestrated print media campaign.
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Many of the most vitriolic are alt right & also attack SF, especially the female reps.
But we're witnessing an orchestrated print media campaign.
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Here, @Philip_Ryan, after being called out, moves the goalposts from "refused to answer any questions" to "responded to zero queries from me".
Where is the @PressOmb_Irl in all this?
Where is the @PressOmb_Irl in all this?
Look at it... clearly an orchestrated on print army, perhaps controlled by shadowy figures in the IFSC & given nominal support & encouragement from government parties?
Such media bias is a threat to our democracy and it needs to be addressed.
Now they want a SM section 31 too?
Such media bias is a threat to our democracy and it needs to be addressed.
Now they want a SM section 31 too?
