Seanad debates

Wednesday, 10 December 2003

Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Defamation: Statements.

 

Regarding the hypocrisy of the newspapers, I laugh at the squawks that come from every newspaper in the State about how they are battered into a corner and it would be appalling for the Government to appoint people or for anybody but themselves to regulate the newspaper industry. Are these not the same newspapers that lectured every other profession, including the Garda Síochána, lawyers and others, about the need for independent examination and that everybody must be seen to be objective, open, transparent and accountable – all except the newspapers? They say they will regulate themselves.

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