Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

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I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom ceist a chur. Bhíomar ag labhairt inné mar gheall ar citizen journalists agus podcasting. Deputy Byrne was talking about podcasting yesterday and, for want of a better description, the Americanisation of some of the media. There is the potential for that to spill over here, often involving people with clear agendas and clear biases, and it can become serialised in some way, shape or form in broadcasting. I ask the witnesses to speak about whether a citizen journalist can, in theory, access this funding for independent news and broadcasting under what we are talking about here. Do they have concerns about that? If I turn on Virgin Media, RTÉ or TG4, I know I am getting decent, reliable, trustworthy and balanced broadcasting. I might not always like it but it is relatively fair as opposed to what I have just described. Do the witnesses have concerns about what is potentially coming down the tracks?