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recent bookmarks from jmRTE internal memo to unhappy staff re Pantigate2014-02-05T10:07:02+00:00
http://www.tuppenceworth.ie/blog/2014/02/05/purported-rte-internal-memo-to-unhappy-staff-re-pantigate/
jmfail rte leaks memos pantigate panti-bliss homophobia libel defamation irelandhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:ad01c39661f0/Opinion: How can we get over ‘Pantigate’?2014-02-03T15:14:54+00:00
http://gometro.ie/2014/02/opinion-how-can-we-get-over-pantigate/
jmThe fact that RTÉ had agreed to pay damages (€80,000 in total, according to reports yesterday) to the ‘injured parties’, only came to light in an email from the [far-right Catholic lobby group Iona Institute] to its members last Tuesday.
Given the ramifications of the decision to make any kind of payment – regardless of the amount – both for the TV licence payer and those who voice contrarian opinions, the lack of coverage in print media as soon as the Iona email came to light marked a low point for print journalism in Ireland. Aside from a lead story on the damages printed in this paper last Wednesday and ongoing debate online, the media has been glacially slow with commentary and even reportage of the affair.
The debacle has untold ramifications for public life in this country. That many liberal commentators may now baulk at the opportunity to speak and write openly and honestly about homophobia is the most obvious issue here. Most worrying of all, however, is the question that with a referendum on the introduction of gay marriage on the horizon, how can we expect the national broadcaster to facilitate even-handed debate on the subject when they’ve already found themselves cowed before reaching the first hurdle?
]]>homophobia politics ireland libel dissent lobbying defamation law gay-marriage iona-institute journalism newspapershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:68cd9ebc7f9b/Caught with our Pantis down2014-01-27T21:40:35+00:00
http://ourmaninstockholm.com/2014/01/26/caught-with-our-pantis-down/
jmThe views expressed by [the Iona Institute] – especially in relation to gay people – are very much at odds with the liberal secular society that Ireland has become. Indeed, Rory O’Neill suggested that the only time he experiences homophobia is online or at the hands of Iona and Waters.
When they’re done with that, they can ask why Iona is given so much room in the media. In any other country in the world, an organisation as litigious as Iona would never be asked to participate in anything.
]]>homophobia ireland john-waters iona-institute politics catholicism religion libel defamation rte the-irish-timeshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:76d0e5616a68/European ruling raises questions over liability and online comment2013-11-04T13:52:44+00:00
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/european-ruling-raises-questions-over-liability-and-online-comment-1.1580641?page=1
jmechr comments news web law regulation estonia delfi liability slander defamationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:1fd03fed0cbd/The first Irish case on defamation via autocomplete2011-06-12T20:40:18+00:00
http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2011/06/first-irish-case-on-defamation-via.html?spref=tw
jmmachine-learning defamation google google-instant search ballymascanlon hotels autocomplete law-enforcementhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:cd6b50eb0866/Copyright and defamation law is repelling investors - The Irish Times2010-11-26T11:44:12+00:00
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/1126/1224284166846.html
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