tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post7534033627106015787..comments2023-06-01T12:12:23.691+01:00Comments on deshocks: Scoop? Brian Lenihan's cancer diagnosisDeirdre O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432506201804448649noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-71950165095589214282010-03-05T23:20:41.743+00:002010-03-05T23:20:41.743+00:00"Read a bit more carefully before casting asp..."Read a bit more carefully before casting aspersions next time, maybe?!"<br /><br />Totally correct, the formatting threw me. I was scanning paragraphs.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068985091603889429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-38059378163109133552010-01-02T04:37:48.340+00:002010-01-02T04:37:48.340+00:00The problem here is there's a huge ethics gap ...The problem here is there's a huge ethics gap in Ireland. Any reporter worthy of the name should be willing to be a pariah to government. It's not a journalist's job to sit on the news because the government won't like it. <br /><br />Any journalist who gives a moment's thought to whether a story might endanger her chance to work for Government Information Services should handNoreennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-68789857625938172652009-12-29T22:51:03.700+00:002009-12-29T22:51:03.700+00:00To all of those who say that this wasn't a leg...To all of those who say that this wasn't a legitimate story because it's Christmas, you're wrong.<br /><br />It's the biggest story, with hugely important consequences, in the past few weeks.<br /><br />TV3 -- which is usually mediocre at current affairs -- acted in absolute propriety. The two days they gave was completely adequate, given the size and importance of the story.<br /Adrian Wecklerhttp://www.yourtech.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-57732055183906284372009-12-29T20:20:12.308+00:002009-12-29T20:20:12.308+00:00Ivan - "I was hopping out of my skin to be th...Ivan - "I was hopping out of my skin to be the first" with the Galway (lead) water crisis story. Sour grapes on that, yes. Being pipped to the post is never good. But that has little relevance to this issue apart from illustrating the natural competition between journalists to break a story. Read a bit more carefully before casting aspersions next time, maybe?!<br /><br />Sarah - I do Deirdre O'Shaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432506201804448649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-38530990202772893362009-12-29T17:25:24.181+00:002009-12-29T17:25:24.181+00:00great blog Deirdre - well done
Greggreat blog Deirdre - well done<br /><br />GregGreg Cantyhttp://gregcfuzion.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-5277800694618164642009-12-29T00:15:15.672+00:002009-12-29T00:15:15.672+00:00what does a political analyst know about pancreati...what does a political analyst know about pancreatic cancer, they backed up their report with the appropiate expert, well done them, for that atleast, they played the disease ,to simply say he has P C and leave it at that would have been more more devastating and confusingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-47835990921947469432009-12-29T00:02:26.810+00:002009-12-29T00:02:26.810+00:00"I was hopping out of my skin to be the first..."I was hopping out of my skin to be the first..."<br /><br />Sour grapes maybe?Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068985091603889429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-77953220507166491322009-12-28T23:55:50.021+00:002009-12-28T23:55:50.021+00:00Dee, I think it was an issue of huge public import...Dee, I think it was an issue of huge public importance and in the public interest should certainly have been news. I didn't see the TV3 coverage and I would hope that such news would always be delivered respectfully but if the man responsible for creating the two most sweeping changes, (Nama and the bank guarantee scheme) to the Irish Financial system since we joined the EURO is likely to be Sarah Clancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-86343683296486095352009-12-28T23:43:45.896+00:002009-12-28T23:43:45.896+00:00Derek, I do agree that the manner in which it was ...Derek, I do agree that the manner in which it was broken was very insensitive - having watched the report again I'm particularly squirmy about Prof Crown's involvement. Very bad call - it should have been a political analyst. Bad case of playing the man not the ball. In relation to it being other members of Cabinet - if it had been Cowen they would. Other members of Cabinet are not as Deirdre O'Shaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432506201804448649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-55687869805207173292009-12-28T23:34:24.341+00:002009-12-28T23:34:24.341+00:00I thought the report of the Ministers illness was ...I thought the report of the Ministers illness was appalling. Who really needed to know. <br /><br />It was almost as if lthey were reporting an obituary. John Crown didn't cover himself in glory. <br /><br />IS this a matter that can be referred to the BAI ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-56059681174293654592009-12-28T23:33:48.950+00:002009-12-28T23:33:48.950+00:00To give someone just 2 days to tell their family, ...To give someone just 2 days to tell their family, leaving aside friends, that they have cancer (which we still haven't had confirmation of, although Brian's son has thanked people on Facebook for the group) was just callous. Could it not have waited until the Minister had decided HE was ready to tell the nation the whole story.<br /><br />I don't care how big the story is, if it was Derek Dalynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476292174767771884.post-49641789264531166952009-12-28T23:12:40.662+00:002009-12-28T23:12:40.662+00:00Halligan’s frequent use of the past tense in descr...Halligan’s frequent use of the past tense in describing Lenihan was unforgivable. The whole affair raised serious questions as to her and TV3’s objectivity and partiality.Luke Martinnoreply@blogger.com