IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Louise Hogan
Saturday May 05 2012
THE PROBE into the failings of the ‘Mission to Prey’ broadcast criticised an “almost complete absence” of documentary evidence behind the high-risk programme. Former BBC controller in Northern Ireland, Anna Carragher, was highly critical of a lack of “scrutiny and challenge” within RTE’s current affairs department. The following are the key areas where RTE fell down:
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Ms Carragher found fault with the standards of the production team on the ground — Aoife Kavanagh and Mark Lappin — describing these as falling short of what should be expected. Among the failures highlighted was an “almost complete absence of documentary evidence” and a failure to document interviews with significant sources.
There were no notes or minutes kept of key editorial meetings between executive editor Brian Pairceir, head of current affairs Ken O’Shea and director of news Ed Mulhall, the probe found.
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