Phoney election war drummed up by media

IT’s sad once again to see the media playing the willing fool in the farce that is the debate about who will form the next government.

Unfortunately, they have been only too willing to propagate the myth that the upcoming election is a two-horse race between a Fianna Fáil /PD coalition on one hand and a FG/Labour coalition on the other.

Sadly, the consequence of this attitude is that many people won’t even bother to go out and vote, thus making the media coverage a self-fulfilling prophecy.