Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not disagree with the Deputy. There are inherent pitfalls, but I wonder if it is all that novel. This also happened in the era of the telephone and has gone on in the era of texting. It is remarkable when some interviewees are followed by showers of congratulatory and laudatory text messages praising them to the sky. I am sure it is purely accidental. It is a question of editorial judgment and control. Programme makers ought not broadcast such a communication to which the Deputy referred without first seeking to validate its provenance. There is the same responsibility for social media and online content.

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