IRELAND
Irish Independent
Saturday April 07 2012
YET another Irish institution is in crisis. Like all the other institutions, RTE stands in need of reform. And, as so often, it has to reform itself in an atmosphere of angst and confusion instead of our old friend calm deliberation.
An institution comparable to the Catholic Church, the political system or the banks? Certainly. Much as print journalists like myself may dislike it, television is the most powerful communications medium yet invented. It is far more influential than the “social media” and will remain so.
As a means of delivering serious information, of course, it can never come close to newspapers or even radio.
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