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RTE Frontline controversy rumbles on…

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So the Irish broadcast regulator finds itself on the wrong side of potential action on foot of its criticisms of a report on last year’s difficulties on the running of the Frontline programme. Rob Morrison, the report’s joint author – and the person threatening the BAI with legal action – chaired a panel consisting of a range of individuals from outside broadcasters to examine where the RTE Frontline production team departed from regular practice elsewhere. Without reading the draft report …

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RTE Prime Time: Lack of scrutiny and challenge within the department led them into “groupthink”…

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So Anna Carragher (ex BBC NI) has completed her report for BAI on RTE’s Prime Time Investigates libel of Father Reynolds, and although not yet published, the Irish Times has a list of some the reports conclusions: * Interviews with significant sources were not documented and there was an almost complete absence of documentary evidence. * At all stages of the production of the programme, note taking was either nonexistent or grossly inadequate. * There was a lack of scrutiny …

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RTÉ Prime Time Investigates is dead. But what happens next?

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Okay, so RTÉ Prime Time Investigates is dead ahead of a critical report due to publish from the BAI tomorrow… On Tuesday night, Vincent Browne brought together a first rate panel to discuss the wider issues flowing from the mater… The discussion here falls roughly into two parts. The broken system of journalistic checks and balances, and the value of RTE’s public service broadcasting product as opposed to privately owned print journalism… Three things occur: – This case demonstrates that …

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All change at RTE over Prime Time

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And there’s some movement on the situation at RTE, which has two major concurrent headaches going on at the moment: A report to be published shortly by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is expected to find that the Prime Time Investigates: Mission to Prey programme, which libelled Fr Reynolds last year, was unfair and breached his privacy. The authority can impose a penalty of up to €250,000. RTÉ, which didn’t defend the programme on either of these grounds, yesterday …

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