John McGuirk

Above all else, one thing strikes me about the media commentary and analysis of the TV3 report about Brian Lenihan’s illness.  Statements like these:
“Oh, well, obviously there was a rumour doing the rounds”….
“It was understood that the Minister would make a statement in January”
“Most newsrooms had the story, but decided not to run it out [...]

The general consensus that seems to be emerging on social networking sites is that TV3 acted tastelessly in reporting the illness of the Minister for Finance. Whilst I haven’t seen the report itself, I gather that the news could have been broken in a more sensitive manner. That said, those who are criticising the fact [...]