Colin Sheridan: Patrick Kielty's nod to Jimmy Kimmel rings hollow, thanks to RTÉ's hypocrisy
Anecdotally, some RTÉ employees feel quietly coerced not to post pro-Palestine content on their own social media. It is, in effect, self-censorship by osmosis, writes Colin Sheridan
Kneecap voiced their support for Palestine on 'The Late Late Show' 18 months ago after being instructed by RTÉ to tone down their pro-Palestine symbolism during the show. File picture
Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.
There is something exquisitely ironic about Patrick Kielty using The Late Late Show as a stage for a free-speech flourish.
Last week, Kielty leaned in to invoke the first amendment of the American constitution, aligning himself in solidarity with Kimmel’s embattled monologues. The line landed like a stray grenade - intended to blast open a space for unfettered expression, but in truth exposing the enormous hypocrisy of the very network housing Kielty’s microphone.
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