Media watchdog gives cover for RTΓ in outrageous decision
Irelandβs media watchdog CoimisiΓΊn na MeΓ‘n has just given the green light to RTΓ to let standards slip even lower when it comes to one-sided coverage of the abortion issue.
CoimisiΓΊn na MeΓ‘nβs decision this week not to uphold complaints submitted by the Pro Life Campaign and others regarding the extremely biased RTΓ Investigates programme on abortion that aired last year, shows that the new media regulator has a deep-seated impartiality problem of its own when it comes to adjudicating on these matters.
The RTΓ Investigates programme, which aired last April, was arguably the single most biased broadcast on abortion that RTΓ ever put on air. For CoimisiΓΊn na MeΓ‘n to find no fault whatsoever with the programme and to claim it adhered to the highest standards expected in public service broadcasting is an insult to the intelligence of the viewing public and raises extremely serious questions about CoimisiΓΊn na MeΓ‘nβs ability to ensure even the most basic standards of fairness and impartiality in public broadcasting into the future.
For a programme that purported to be βabout examining the operation of abortion provision under the new lawβ RTΓ Investigates made the totally unjustified decision to only look at the operation of the law through a pro-abortion lens.