Post #9323

It's been pointed out to me a few times where RTÉ now edit existing reports with a tiny 'updated' flag but completely change the content, like in this case where they removed all evidence it was they who promoted today's NGO protest in the first place. If you look at my previous post, and click the link to RTÉ, you will see my earlier screengrabs no longer reflect what you now see on the webpage. Worth pointing out because we heard a RollingNews editor tell Newstalk last week that national media outlets are deliberately ignoring protests against asylum seekers being dumped in communities around the country in the hope they "go away." Newstalk's Barry Whyte reported the NGOs got around 100 people out to their protest today which is about the same number of locals who protested against an old Tayto factory being converted into a plantation centre in Coolock yesterday. RTÉ didn't cover that protest but they advertised the NGO one today. This is what manufacturing consent looks like.