Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Dr. Julien Mercille:

No, not that I recall. Again, the point is not that every journalist is called every morning by Sherry Fitzgerald and told to report properly. It is not that, and for the same reason that the leader of a political party does not have to call every member every day to direct him or her to vote with the party. The members understand what is required because they are part of the institution. A journalist who does not understand this will not last long in the main media sector.