Archive for May, 2007
Blurring the truth with a little help from YouTube (SBP - 27th May 2007)
Monday, May 28th, 2007An article of mine in this week’s Media & Marketing section of The Sunday Business Post:
The popularity of online video sites has blurred the line between television and the internet, but the increasing use of the medium by large organisations and political parties may also blur the line between facts and propaganda.
Sites such as YouTube.com […]
Dublin South West: ‘Change-mode’ confuses Rabbitte (SBP - 27th May 2007)
Monday, May 28th, 2007My article as part of the Sunday Business Post’s Election 2007 coverage:
It was over before it began in Dublin South West, with outgoing Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe conceding defeat before the first count.
In a result that reflected the national trend, Sinn Fe¤ in bore the brunt of the Fine Gael jump, rather than Fianna […]
On Newstalk at 8:45 tonight
Saturday, May 26th, 2007Heading over to Newstalk for a special election edition of Lay of The Land on Taste. It’ll probably consist mainly of a post-mortem of the general election but I won’t be alone in the discussion and that should make it all the more interesting.
Tune in at around 8:45 - you can do so online, on […]
Blame being leveled at the media
Saturday, May 26th, 2007There’s a bizarre bit of finger-pointing going on towards the Irish media for its failure to “reflect” the public opinion on Fianna Fail which is now obvious in light of their electoral success.
The thing that’s off-putting about this idea is the automatic acceptance built into it that the media does and should pander to what’s […]
Covering the count in Dublin South West
Friday, May 25th, 2007Things are likely to be a bit quiet here between now and Sunday as I’m about to head off to cover the Dublin South West count in Tallaght for The Sunday Business Post.
Depending on how things go there’s every chance of it running on into Saturday but we’ll have to wait and see I guess.
Not […]
Discussion on Rock The Vote available for download
Thursday, May 24th, 2007The Last Word podcast for this evening’s show is now available and I’ve cut out the discussion between Paddy Cosgrave (from Rock The Vote) and myself - all six minutes is available for it to download here (right click, save etc.).
In the excitement of the discussion the six minutes went by quite quickly, but there […]
Going on The Last Word to talk about Rock The Vote
Thursday, May 24th, 2007I’ll be taking part in a discussion on The Last Word at 18:15 this evening in relation to Rock The Vote, on the back of my previous comments about it.
I’m not sure who else will feature on the debate, but I can only imagine someone from the campaign itself will be there to defend their […]
What a day
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007I’m currently in the process of uploading (probably) my final interview for IrishElection.com and I have to say I’ve had a ball taking part in what was a somewhat hectic but very enjoyable day.
All in all the site has done very well to get some pretty high-profile candidates to speak to us and besides adding […]
Moratorium-free podcasting at IrishElection.com
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007IrishElection.com have just posted the first in their series of candidate interview’s running all day today.
The concept behind the podcasts is to give voters one last chance to hear from the parties and give the candidates one last chance to put themselves out there on the only medium that will allow it - the internet.
Cian […]
Rock The Vote is an absolute failure
Sunday, May 20th, 2007I’ve had more than a passing interest in politics for many years now and I’ve always believed that young people need to engage and be engaged in the larger political discourse. I believe that the main instrument of youth participation within Ireland’s political parties, the youth wing, is actually counter-intuitive and counter-productive and that young […]
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