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Communications committee to meet senior BAI and RTÉ management to discuss the implications of the case for RTÉ policy.
Broadcast personnel with an editorial role in news and current affairs may have to provide details of financial and commercial relationships.
The BAI Access Rules aim to make television more accessible and enjoyable for people who are hard-of-hearing, partially-sighted or blind.
Andrew Doyle TD noted the concern among farmers and the agri-food sector over the “targeting of cheese” in proposed by the BAI.
The broadcaster’s board met with Communications Minister this morning following the BAI’s inquiry into the Mission to Prey programme.
The Communications Minister meets the board this morning in the wake of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s damning report into the ill-fated Prime Time Investigates programme.
It follows the publication of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s report into a Prime Time Investigates programme which libelled a Catholic priest.
The Communications Minister has condemned the RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme, A Mission to Prey, as “a shoddy, unprofessional, cavalier, and damaging piece of work”.
A BAI report is heavily critical of the procedures followed by the programme makers who libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds and RTÉ on whole over a programme broadcast nearly a year ago.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has published its final report into the RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme which libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has signed new contracts with 21 independent producers and broadcasters under the Sound & Vision II scheme. Programmes include documentaries on newspapers, ageing, crafts and literacy.
Dreamtime Radio will provide radio content for service users with intellectual disabilities and also invite service users to work at the station.
Far from worrying that a ban on advertising cheese to children will hurt their calcium intake, says food writer Frank Armstrong, concerned gastronomes are missing the point…
In 11 months, not one member of the public has used the correction scheme.
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The authority says it will begin a review to find out how details of an ongoing investigation “entered the public domain”.
The inquiry finds major failings in journalistic practices on the Mission To Prey programme, according to reports.
The State broadcaster faces a fine close to the maximum from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland over the Mission to Prey programme nearly a year ago.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has allocated €4.42 million towards the production of 74 television and radio programmes.
The National Dairy Council has again come out with an appeal for cheddar cheese not to be placed in the ‘less healthy’ food/drink list in the Children’s Commercial Code. What do you think?
Robert Dore said neither himself nor Fr Reynolds had been contacted during the BAI investigation.
Noel Curran, Director General of RTÉ, has said that the movement of two senior execs was voluntary and that an independent external board is still investigating other personnell in ‘A Mission to Prey’ debacle.
However, Authority won’t make any comment or publish the findings as of yet – it is going to RTÉ “for consideration”.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland wants to hear what the public think of proposed limits to how fatty, sugary and salty food and drink is targeted at children in ads.
Other projects include a documentary on forgotten female composers and a series on the history of Radio Kerry. They were awarded funding through the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s scheme Sound & Vision II.
The Authority said a panel discussion of a book on the former Taoiseach’s finances had been “unfair”.
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The BAI also said it had passed on a recommendation on how to deal with RTE’s Prime Time Investigates programme which made allegations against Father Kevin Reynolds.
There have been calls for a further inquiry over claims that an audience member was encouraged to ask a hostile question. So what do you think?
The Board of RTE has said it fully accepts the findings of the BAI and that it is bringing in new guidelines on social media to ensure ‘Tweetgate’ doesn’t happen again.
Seán Gallagher’s Áras bid may have been derailed with or without the tweet from fake McGuinness account. But the point is we need to know who was behind it, says Derek Mooney who knows all about losing a job amid a Twitter controversy…
Martin McGuinness had accused the presenter of treating him unfairly during the Prime Time candidates’ debate.
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The Broadcasting Authority has officially announced it will commence an independent investigation into an episode of the current affairs programme which defamed Fr Kevin Reynolds.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland investigated the show following a complaint from a man who took part in filming for the programme, but was unhappy with how his interview was used.
Diarmuid Martin says that while there is no general “anti-Catholic bias” in the media, it must learn from the errors made within RTÉ.