tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post8635385159654303559..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: My Letter in the Irish Times TodayMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-82934975289639324662014-06-10T12:09:05.586-07:002014-06-10T12:09:05.586-07:00Thanks, Paul! Now, what do you think about RTE? Ki...Thanks, Paul! Now, what do you think about RTE? Kidding.<br /><br />I bought my father a subscription to The Irish Times a few years ago, and he eventually asked me to cancel it for this very reason. So this bias must be costing them money if other readers think like that-- which I imagine they do.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-85734396584379593272014-06-10T12:08:02.322-07:002014-06-10T12:08:02.322-07:00Thanks, Paul! Oh, what about RTE, by the way? Kidd...Thanks, Paul! Oh, what about RTE, by the way? Kidding.<br /><br />I bought my father a subscription to The Irish Times for his birthday a couple of years back and he asked me to cancel it after a while, because he didn't want to be giving them money, for the very reasons you mention. It doesn't really seem to make commercial sense, because how many Catholics and social conservatives must make the same decision?Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-47776622425479610152014-06-10T09:15:55.086-07:002014-06-10T09:15:55.086-07:00Good letter Maolsheachlann! I have spent years bec...Good letter Maolsheachlann! I have spent years becoming increasingly more annoyed with the Irish Times - not just with the invective from columnists, but the predictable selectivity in story choice (which also involves suppressing many stories of importance, which are not consonant with the paper's 'values') and the heavy bias in the treatment of stories that they decide to run with. At this stage, I have more or less given up on that paper - I haven't bought a copy in many months. Their angles are so predictable that I have ceased to care. In short, I am a survivor of IT prejudice. Best wishes, Paul <br />p.s. now don't get me started on RTE!Paulusmaximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183126491509874339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-8923847598194753342014-06-10T03:27:31.199-07:002014-06-10T03:27:31.199-07:00Ha, I'm not holding my breath!
I see the iron...Ha, I'm not holding my breath!<br /><br />I see the irony of complaining that they don't give a voice to Catholics when they often print my letters, and your own, but the correspondence column is very different from an opinion piece. I can't believe they replaced John Waters, who left because of the anti-Catholic bias, with Eamon McCann. That seems perverse.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-74540116128360837732014-06-10T03:24:51.154-07:002014-06-10T03:24:51.154-07:00Hi M,
Read the letter this morning online. Knew b...Hi M,<br /><br />Read the letter this morning online. Knew before I had finished scrolling down that it had to be from your pen! Well done. There might even have been one or two more on the staff at the IT you could have included in your list ... ;-) <br /><br />If they do take your advice and decide take on another non-liberal voice, do you think they might offer the post to you or me? :-)Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112119118958158131noreply@blogger.com