Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Dr. Julien Mercille:

There would be a media that does not say austerity is a good thing to revive an economy in a downturn, because we know it is not. There would be a media that says there is a housing bubble when there is a housing bubble. The last 15 years of media coverage would have been completely different if the media had just told the truth. It is not about being left or right or progressive or conservative. It is about telling the truth.