Seanad debates
Tuesday, 4 November 2003
Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
We are in an era of globalisation in the media and of digital television. As he pointed out, we might have a multiplicity of channels, but that does not mean we have quality or diversity. Sometimes one sees the same stuff on all the channels. One of the disappointing features is the area of children's television. As a parent I try to keep an eye on what my daughter is watching. It seems to me we are just getting a diet of awful American teenage stuff and we need to counter that with good quality home produced programmes centred in our own cultural and social experience.
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