Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Dr. Julien Mercille:

Again, as I said before, it is not as though there is a particular article and one can see that it is directly influenced by the purchase of this website. My point is broader. On the one hand, there is coverage that is relatively positive, sustaining the bubble, and one sees those interests in the property market. One can conclude or make an interpretation that this would influence their coverage, because they have a direct interest in it. It is in that way. It is not the case that the property website manager calls the media organisation and says, "Can you cover me in that way?". Maybe that happens sometimes, but it is not what I am concerned with.