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

Ciarán Lynch: Okay, thank you very much.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Please, Senator MacSharry, I will give you as much time as you like but do not create an impression here this morning. When we move to the nexus phase of this inquiry, names will be used and they can be used quite explicitly and in detail. We have a very experienced and expert research team working on our behalf which is preparing us for the nexus phase where we will be dealing with names....

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

Ciarán Lynch: Nor would I be creating an illusion for the public either that this committee will not be able to name names.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Just make sure when you are speaking that you are aware of the terms of reference and that you are not accidentally creating that impression.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, but he is not a nexus witness and his testimony is outside that scope. If he is asked to name any person at this stage, he should say it was dealt with in his opening statement this morning.

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

Ciarán Lynch: No. I am asking that there would not be naming for the moment. I ask the Senator to please return to the line of questioning that we have.

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

Ciarán Lynch: You can ask any question that is the same for any other member of this inquiry. That is in the terms of reference.

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

Ciarán Lynch: You are leading. The question you want to ask, Senator-----

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

Ciarán Lynch: Is there a difference between hearing what might be a contrarian view in the mass media and the manufacturing of consent, which is the Chomskyite term? Dr. Mercille will be familiar with the term "manufacturing consent". Chomsky's theory is that the mass media takes a position and moves the public from one position to another. Is there a difference between the publication of a Morgan Kelly...

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

Ciarán Lynch: We need to move on. I call Deputy John Paul Phelan.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Dr. Mercille is not an economist.

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

Ciarán Lynch: How does Ireland rank comparatively with other jurisdictions in examining, monitoring and reporting on different aspects of society in a balanced way?

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

Ciarán Lynch: Yes.

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

Ciarán Lynch: I would like to bring Dr. Mercille back to the comparative aspect rather than having a general discourse about the media. There is The Guardianin Britain and further to the left, there isL'Humanitéin France, which has a strong connection with the communist party there and so forth. By Dr. Mercille's admission, it does not matter whether a newspaper is left or right wing; the issue is...

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

Ciarán Lynch: That happened in the US and Britain as well.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Dr. Mercille's graphs are explicit and they highlight the mirroring between different news agencies in respect of advertising revenue. While the revenues fell in 2010 and 2011, they seem to be significantly out of scale with revenues prior to 2008. The turn in property values took place in or around 2009.

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

Ciarán Lynch: In articles, okay. There seems to be quite significantly more coverage from 2009 onwards, even though, according to Dr. Mercille's theory this morning, there is a particular position that people had around property. In the 2008 to 2011 period, what was the key message coming out of the media? Was it that they were reporting on the crisis or that it was business as usual and there would be...

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

Ciarán Lynch: Does Dr. Mercille's examination of media behaviour in his book The Political Economy and Media Coverage of the European Economic Crisis: The case of Ireland, which I referenced in my opening comments today, extend up to 2008 or 2011?

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

Ciarán Lynch: It goes up to 2013. It goes beyond that period.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Is there anything further Dr. Mercille would like to add before we bring matters to a conclusion this morning?