The report as posted has no mention of FF links. Not a lie. Perhaps some opportunism on the part of SF supporters to highlight same but not a lie unfortunately
My sources indicate that his political allegiances werenât mentioned on Six One (clip circulating online) but the report on the News at Nine was amended to include the reference (clip not circulating online).
It looks like FF was mentioned when Caitrona Perry was reading the headlines at the top of the bullet-in or after a return from an ad break (Cheastyâs clip) but not referenced when she introduced the specific report on it or during Paschal Sheehyâs report itself (the clip circulating on Twitter).
No. The obvious implication to the reader of that tweet is that there a shadowy conspiracy by RTE to not mention Fianna Fail in relation to the story.
The tweet reads as follows:
Here is RTE News reporting on the jailing of the Paedophile John Hussey. At no point do they mention that he is a former Fianna Fà il Councillor. Just imagine what their reporting would be like if Hussey was a former Sinn Fèin Councillor
RTE literally said âFianna Failâ as words 2 and 3 in their headline for the story.
As long as you completely omit where they said âFianna Failâ in the news headlines, thus completely disproving the tweet, the tweet is correct.