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Minister Conor Lenihan thinks the Govt is entitled to interfere with the media

From Today’s Irish Times Radio review section.

Seems Kebab Lenihan was on the Marian Finucane show last week and they talked about the Late Late Show and Governments telling the media what to do and then…

All but one of Finucane’s panel of newspaper reviewers were in agreement that the Government should never seek to interfere with the editorial decisions made by programme-makers. It’s a no-brainer, really, unless you’re from North Korea – but not for our Minister of State. “Funny enough” said Lenihan, “I don’t object to the principle that calls could be made. I notice that around the table we’re all getting very precious.”

Uh oh

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3 Responses to “Minister Conor Lenihan thinks the Govt is entitled to interfere with the media”

  1. Fintan Palmer says:
    November 17, 2007 at 9:07 pm

    “I don’t object to the principle that calls could be made”? Well, let’s face it, on mature recollection the family does have form in that regard.

  2. Robert Synnott says:
    November 17, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    Ah, well, Bertie uber alles, eh?

    Unfortunately, there aren’t really any civilised English-speaking countries left…

    *Considers learning German.*

  3. Bock the Robber says:
    November 18, 2007 at 9:32 pm

    Bullseye, Fintan. And didn’t old Brian once boast on the Late Late Show about threatening a Guard with transfer for doing his job? (Oh how Uncle Gaybo yukked and yukked at that one!)