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    È necessario un dibattito serio sui pregiudizi dei media dopo queste elezioni perché è ridicolo.

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    1. Pitiful-Mongoose-488 on

      I turned on Newstalk this morning and it was more of the same!

    2. slevinonion on

      The person elected will likely get about 10% of the eligible vote. Don’t pretend like it’s just the media who don’t like them.

      This will be the lowest turn out in the history of the state.

    3. Key_Duck_6293 on

      Irish Independent have always been politically right wing, they are just less obvious than similar publications in other countries

    4. JimboJSlice on

      Those are opinion pieces. None that I agree with but opinion pieces nonetheless.
      I think the real discussion should be around media literacy so people know what the are reading.

    5. General_Z0 on

      These are opinions printed in a rag paper. Anyone who takes anything printed in the Indo seriously needs their head checked.

    6. CurrencyDesperate286 on

      This look like pretty explicit OPINION pieces, where the view is very clearly being put forth as personal and biased. Look at all the names front and centre, plus “I”, “MY” etc.

      All media organisations will lean a certain way – media consumers can decide if they are ok with a particular organisation’s leanings.

      Now, what can be more problematic is bias leading to misleading reporting.

    7. VonBombadier on

      Neutrality only applies to centre and right candidates.

      Too far off centre left and you’re derided and taken as a joke.

      That being said Catherine is a fucking tankie and I won’t be voting for her.

    8. Suvigirl on

      These are all opinions OP. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. If you don’t like them you don’t have to read them. 
      They are not media bias. 

    9. Due-Communication724 on

      Its almost like FG did take Ivan Yates advice somewhat

    10. TheStoicNihilist on

      These are all opinion pieces and clearly labelled as such. We need to learn how to parse biased information rather than demand to be fed entirely neutral information, which is an impossibility.

    11. miseconor on

      Seen a fair few people try and suggest there’s no media bias and that Connolly supporters just need to expect “tough questions”

      You’d wonder if these people live under a rock. The bias is absurdly obvious. Yes, these are opinion pieces… are we really naive enough to think that the bias starts and ends there?

    12. The3rdbaboon on

      So what? They are opinion pieces. It’s a fairly commonly held opinion as well, we have 2 joke candidates neither of whom are fit for the job. Turnout is going to be about 30% and whoever gets elected is going to be most unpopular president in the history of the state.

    13. bungle123 on

      Newspapers are under no obligation to be unbiased, I don’t know why so many people seem to just be finding this out now. Imagine reading the Irish Independent and being shocked that they’re not pro Connolly lol

    14. madboutham on

      Lots of people filled with hot air throwing tantrums things aren’t going their way. It’s embarrassing tbh

    15. RomfordWellington on

      Opinion pieces. They’re not the actual news.

      Did people in this country suddenly forget how to read newspapers?!

    16. sarcasticseawitch on

      Proofreading for basic spelling and grammar prior to publication would be great. The standard is so very low lately.

    17. IntrepidAstronaut863 on

      All of them are opinion. I have seen a fair few in the Irish times that are positive about CC.

      She’s a polarising figure. In your bubble probably not and she may as well be a saint but to a lot of people in this country her views do not align and the range of opinion pieces reflect this.

      I swear some CC supporters are as bad as MAGA when it comes to claiming the press is “rigged and fake”

    18. Competitive-Kick747 on

      Hope the Streisand’s effect happens…………..

    19. Femtato11 on

      “The far left candidate”

      Poke Fine Gael and they go back to being Blueshirts I swear

    20. qwerty_1965 on

      The independent is free to hold a view on a party, a candidate, or policy as it sees fit either at an editorial level or in the opinion columns.

      It is against someone they regard as holding the wrong views on the big issues.

    21. Duck_quacker on

      Reddit needs to realize that the vast majority of people don’t like Connolly, it doesn’t make them overtly right wing or bias.

    22. Accomplished-Try-658 on

      Are we really suggesting that the frontrunner ISNT a popularist and a useful idiot who takes advise from clowns like Clare Daly?

    23. Soft-Affect-8327 on

      You’re posting about the Sunday Independent and one of the Op Ed guys. Only conversation to be had is to anyone who expected different from them.

    24. DonQuigleone on

      All the screenshots are from a single national newspaper. You’re not doing a good job of illustrating media bias. Where’s RTE? The Irish Times? Tabloids?

    25. PowerfulConstant185 on

      That guy David Quinn is so far off the mainstream it’s crazy he gets a column.

    26. Due-Background8370 on

      The Indo draws from such a small circle that two of their opinion columnists above are sisters. 

    27. Far-Sundae-7044 on

      The Irish Times has been the same. Negative sensationalist headlines about CC for weeks now, think I saw one tame one for HH in recent days, but that’s it. You wouldn’t even have been able to tell CC had an opponent in the race the last while.
      It’s cringe-worthy.

    28. itstheboombox on

      Its almost like some people have negative opinions of a presidential candidate and wrote opinion pieces about why, oh the horror!

    29. Entire-Gas-7651 on

      Never heard of him until this campaign but that fella John Lee seems like an absolute weapon

    30. Neither-Mechanic5524 on

      I never understand this argument. Reddit is media with a massively larger audience than the Info. A survey of r/Ireland will show how bias is everywhere – it just depends on your chosen media sources. 

    31. CiaranC on

      You know, I think if Catherine Connolly shot someone on shop street she probably wouldn’t win the election.

    33. Keyann on

      I’m not a Connolly fan and I won’t be voting for her but the smear campaign is ludicrous at this stage. Attack the views, opinions, and policy. Don’t attack the person. Two (and formerly three) very uninspiring candidates. For the first time in my life, I’m seriously considering abstaining from voting.

    34. Alpha-Centauri-Blue on

      Yet go on any social media and you’re bombarded with pro Connelly messaging, except for some reason that’s ok

    35. ChemiWizard on

      The News – Industrial complex is right wing. Or if we are being charitable pro capitalist. Its the same nonsense in every country now.

    37. Verity_Ireland on

      The Irish Independent, the Irish Mail, Irish Times to some extent – and definitely RTE, openly biased as fucking hell!

    38. dropthecoin on

      These are mostly opinion pieces. Nothing new. What’s more, it’s a private publication. In the same way the likes of the Ditch private and publishes its preferred angle.

      Also, what does a “serious conversation” actually mean or intended to lead to? Censorship, shutting down certain media?

    40. Candlegoat on

      1. Cherrypick a handful of opinion pieces from a couple of publications
      2. Present without comment as evidence of bias by an entire industry
      3. …
      4. Karma!

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