IRELAND
The Bourne Local (United Kingdom)
The chairman of RTE has said he still finds it inexplicable that the hugely-damaging Mission to Prey programme in which Father Kevin Reynolds was defamed was allowed to air.
Tom Savage said there were grave and exceptional failures implicit in the case which raised questions that go to the very heart of the State broadcaster’s public purpose.
He said RTE accepts the findings of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) report that found the station was guilty of failures in editorial and managerial controls over the now-defunct Prime Time Investigates.
“RTE accepts the findings and can offer no excuse,” said Mr Savage.
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