Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ms Curtis has touched on the heart of the issue and this goes back to my question. Is it the case that if we are going to protect public service journalism that we will have to bring it within the ambit of Exchequer funding to ensure we maintain standards? I refer to not ending up in a situation where we prostitute journalism to the extent we witness with Fox News, for example, where we must drive it into the commercial sphere to ensure its viability. Is it a case that we should bite the bullet here and ensure that we back public service journalism with Exchequer funding? If that proves to be the case in the context of the report of the media commission, would the BAI support such an approach?