National broadcaster scraps objectivity

DIFFICULT as it might seem in this era of changing moral and ethical standards throughout Irish society, a new low was reached in the interviewing of presidential candidate Martin McGuinness by Miriam O’Callaghan on the recent RTÉ Prime Time programme.

Her attack on Mr McGuinness was openly virulent and vilely hostile, and appeared to be more of a personal attack than probing journalism.

The national broadcaster abandoned principles of fairness and objectivity in its treatment of Mr McGuinness.