At the conference we attended, the former chairman of the British Press Council, who is a Queen's Counsel, commented that the standard of journalism in Britain is very low. We may all have come to that conclusion independently, but it is interesting that someone in such an important position should comment in those terms. The secretary of the National Union of Journalists used similar terms to acknowledge that journalistic standards have declined in Ireland. That is worrying and it needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, over the past year, I have seen an almost paranoid response to comments made by people in public life or elsewhere that were critical of the media. The media would do better to stand back, reflect and ask whether there are some elements of truth in what is being said. In some of those instances, objective comment went out the window and there was no attempt to be fair in response.