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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: What is Dr. Mercille’s opinion of the media’s reporting of elites referring to talking down the economy as being like borderline treason?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Mr. Browne is very welcome. In his opening statement he said that the then The Irish Timeseditor Douglas Gageby stood up to them. What is his opinion on the subsequent editors?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: The question, Chairman, concerns Mr. Browne's view and opinion on whether subsequent editors stood up to them. I think it is a relevant question.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: I ask for a general observation on The Irish Times.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Mr. Browne also states that in 2006 many of the journalists told him that their capacity to engage in critical scrutiny of Government and business was overwhelmed by the day-to-day pressures of filling ever more space in print and online. Has journalism been dumbed down?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: I did notice.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Mr. Browne was a working journalist. We have discussed influence, which may be too strong a word. I will use the term "coercion".

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Wait until you hear the question. Can I ask Mr. Browne his view on the elite, to speak in very strong terms? On one occasion a very senior politician spoke about suicide. Can I ask Mr. Browne's view, as a practitioner and as somebody who is now an academic, how that influence or coercion impacts upon journalism?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Was Mr. Browne ever approached by an advertiser who, rather than withdrawing advertising, was attempting to coerce publication of an article, with the potential to have advertising placed?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: As Mr. Vaughan is now the longest serving editor nationally, to what extent does a personal view influence his editorial?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: I was not misleading-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: May I ask about the extent of the influence of those with whom Mr. Vaughan engages? Is the ratio 50:50, 60:40, 70:30 or is there a formula?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Would it be Mr. Vaughan's personal view?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: The first occasion that I have sourced the term "soft landing" was in the book Anglo Republic: Inside the Bank that Broke Irelandwhen Simon Carswell refers to the then Deputy Noel Ahern using the term in 2003. What is Mr. Vaughan's personal view of soft landings?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: In terms of Mr. Vaughan consulting people from eight different sectors, including finance, did he discuss the concept of a soft landing with the financial journalists for his group?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Were there many editorials about soft landings?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Michael D'Arcy: Earlier today in evidence Dr. Julien Mercille said that the primary purpose for a media outlet is to tell the truth. As an experienced practitioner in the sector, Mr. Vaughan, what is the primary purpose of a media outlet?