Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

In his written statement Mr. McWilliams stated, "Had the warnings been listened to and acted on, rather than dismissed and ridiculed, it would have been possible to avoid a banking crisis". Mr. McWilliams was a media commentator and had a media platform. What role does he believe sections of the mainstream media played in the generation of the property bubble? Was the media an impartial observer, vested interest or neither?