The Clear Lens Episode 21: Frank Connolly – Exposed: Scandals That Rocked The Irish State

Yeah, I've had a lot of work I've done personally and has been kind of, you know, looking at the state of the Irish media.

It began when I was looking at the bias that I and a group of other researchers recognized in RT's reporting, for example, on the genocide in Palestine.

and looking around at the environment in Irish media.

And it was just a few days ago, actually, that I saw that out of Simon Harris' Ten Advisors, five reformer political correspondents.

And you see that that close relationship between the powerful and the very people tasked by society with keeping them in check and being friends.

and good friends.

And, you know, that's a really I think that's it is a massive danger for the public interest.

It's a threat and it's something that, you know, people just, I guess, have to challenge and not accept no more than we should accept frivolous coverage of a budget that leaves out the vast majority of government spending.

and the systems of accountability that don't have powers or resources.

And I think we've really got to look at the design of this system and confront it.

And thank you, Frank, for your part in that, for this incredible book that I really genuinely couldn't put down once I picked up And it filled in an awful lot of gaps.

You know, Dara and I mentioned we had done some previous research in terms of how systems like this operate in other countries.

But when you see it on your own front door in your own country, it breeds a different kind of a rage.

And that's why I think and I continue to recommend this book.

to anyone who is outraged by the state of things today and knows that it can be better, as Seamath says, if we hound it.

And yeah, I think that's probably a nice place to end there, Frank, just by thanking you for your work.

Yeah, I've had a lot of work I've done personally and has been kind of, you know, looking at the state of the Irish media.

It began when I was looking at the bias that I and a group of other researchers recognized in RT's reporting, for example, on the genocide in Palestine.

and looking around at the environment in Irish media.

And it was just a few days ago, actually, that I saw that out of Simon Harris' Ten Advisors, five reformer political correspondents.

And you see that that close relationship between the powerful and the very people tasked by society with keeping them in check and being friends.

and good friends.

And, you know, that's a really I think that's it is a massive danger for the public interest.

It's a threat and it's something that, you know, people just, I guess, have to challenge and not accept no more than we should accept frivolous coverage of a budget that leaves out the vast majority of government spending.

and the systems of accountability that don't have powers or resources.

And I think we've really got to look at the design of this system and confront it.

And thank you, Frank, for your part in that, for this incredible book that I really genuinely couldn't put down once I picked up And it filled in an awful lot of gaps.

You know, Dara and I mentioned we had done some previous research in terms of how systems like this operate in other countries.

But when you see it on your own front door in your own country, it breeds a different kind of a rage.

And that's why I think and I continue to recommend this book.

to anyone who is outraged by the state of things today and knows that it can be better, as Seamath says, if we hound it.

And yeah, I think that's probably a nice place to end there, Frank, just by thanking you for your work.