Gript-A source of misinformation. **Read OP before posting**

@NoMoreDonegalTuesdays Here is an example of subversion direct from the Russia-China axis to your brain:

"Fine Gael councillor letting investment property on Airbnb – despite failed planning application"

Hm yeah I could see how that would bring down civillisation...

"There's a market for a left leaning publications and occasionally Village and The Phoenix can produce worthwhile stuff but too often their judgements are way off"

Too often the Government's judgement is way off. Which is why I'd like to read third party opinions and even unusual perspectives sometimes.

Not to mention that boards.ie itself fulfills this role too, in a much more minor way.

Critical thinking is not a feature of a religion-dominated education system such as ours.

So the more lies the better as far as you're concerned? Ends justify the means and all that, eh.

And do you think RTE have never made that mistake or the Indo or The Irish Times?

G'way with that, stirring up racial hatred at every opportunity is certainly far-right.

The PDs were social liberals. I think Renua or Aontu is what you're after, but the electorate didn't agree

He is awesome.

Single too I imagine.

Outside of the Boards bubble, The Journal is a pretty niche outlet.

They have although not (afaik) to the extent of credible and immediate death threats to a person.

They have been held accountable in court for mistakes, yes, every media outlet that isn't just some recently established rich arsehole's plaything has been.

They have made such mistakes and it's cost them a couple of hundred grand. On top of that, the people responsible had to resign. These days, I'm guessing most publications including rte run any claims like this through legal before publishing. Doubt if it even makes it to legal if it's based on a single source.

If you want to behave like a media outlet, then you adhere to the expected standards. If you fail to, it's gonna end up costing lots of money.

There is no independent media, all the media outlets are owned by someone or company and all have agenda's. Then the journalists/reporters in those media companies again have links and agendas or are looking for something. So who is truly independent?

So you are saying it is OK for the likes of RTE and other MSM to be wrong but not Gript?

One of the most worrying aspects of all this is the right wing realised they cannot win arguments based on evidence so they formulated a strategy of attaching experts and disparaging impartial evidence.

The reality is that when evidence is presented to the public they reject right wing arguments in favour of socially progressive policies.

The only way the right gets over this inconvenient fact is to promote fear and ultimately dismantle the democratic mechanisms which consistently reject them

Hence when the Republicans ultimately select Trump as their candidate they have guaranteed that they will lose the next election because the support of aged CT's is not a foundation to build a majority (even when the electoral collage gives them a significant advantage).

The same logic will again see the putitative fasc element crash and burn in Ireland.

Its not 'Middle of the road' it's reactionary right wing anti immigrant propaganda.

If you think this is the middle of the road, then you're political compass is so far to the right that you probably think the Irish times is a nakedly socialist publication