Media is threatening the foundations of democracy

The power of the media in influencing our political attitudes will be measured by the survival or non-survival of the Taoiseach between now and the next general election.

Judging by its coverage the Irish media has as an objective to get rid of him from public life.

One sentence by a prominent commentator recently highlights that fact. That sentence says that if the Taoiseach “dared to subject himself to even a single one-on-one encounter any interviewer worth his or her salt would have destroyed him live on air”.