Misrepresentation of protest

In the wake of the RTÉ Prime Time Investigates scandal, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte waffled on about ‘the need to restore viewer confidence in current affairs and news broadcasting’.

I say ‘waffle’, as it is inconceivable that a Government minister is unaware of how RTÉ shamefully transformed itself into a vehicle for Government spin as the deadline for registration for the household tax approached.

For several weeks the viewing public got a rare chance to see what life might have been like in the old Soviet Union with Pravda as the only official source of ‘news’.