Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Dr. Julien Mercille:

That is why some people would say journalists are incompetent. For me, it is a more structural issue. As the Senator said, these are businesses which have to raise money through advertising. There are not many other options. If one wants another system with alternative media, then it is a completely different thing with different reporting, not the same pressures such as advertising and, more than likely, journalists will be paid less.