Late Late must get back to its old values

NOT for the first time, RTÉ’s flagship programme, the Late Late Show, has been used as a tool to promote a singularly left-wing view of the world and thereby stifle a much-needed debate on issues that affect every man, woman, and child, in the country.

To this viewer at least, the Late Late Show plumbed new depths on September 28 when newspaper columnist, Kevin Myers, who would normally have no difficulty making himself understood, had to repeat himself several times to clarify a point he was making on the problems associated with wholesale immigration.

The show’s host, Pat Kenny, seemed intent on causing obfuscation in the minds of the audience — a tactic commonly employed by some American chatshow hosts to get the audience onside.