Ruairí Quinn attacks social media

[Boggle]

Yes, but is not to say that there is not room for a lot of improvement if this type of media is to replace traditional types. The current balance will not remain in place for long. We will either see online newspapers with interactive threads attached or chat rooms with newspapers attached replacing the current media. Something needs to change if the social media is to break into the serious game.

Can you see chat rooms having paid professional journalists and editors etc on the pay roll?

If not it will continue to an interesting, useful but ultimately limited medium for gathering information.

I could, yes. Either that or chatrooms which employ professional researchers and let the posters interpret the research presented.

[Analyzer]

senator jimmy harte anybody?

Yeah. Quinn might want to get his own firm's house in order first.

No point in moaning about online bloggers, when his own councillor in Donegal is behaving like an eijjet.

[Toland]

Very silly statement by Quinn.

Calls to mind King Canute.

[Keith-M]

I've been on the internet since 1995. Since 1997 sites like boards.ie soc.culture.irish etc have been criticising our useless politicians, especially the governmment. Quinn has only copped on now? Anything to do with one government fupp up after another, by any chance? Feeling the heat much, Mr. Quinn?

[David Cochrane]

Jaysus, Labour do not like the internet.

[Boggle]

I've been on the internet since 1995. Since 1997 sites like boards.ie soc.culture.irish etc have been criticising our useless politicians, especially the governmment. Quinn has only copped on now? Anything to do with one government fupp up after another, by any chance? Feeling the heat much, Mr. Quinn?

Remember downloading on dial up? That was bad... but so satisfying when you actually got a movie over the phone line.

[DownTheyGo]

They don't like the consequences of democracy and free speech

They really don't. Now you know they are hiding plenty from us

I also think Ruairi Quinn is more of a danger to Ruairi Quinn. I reckon UoL undergrads are just soaking up his heavy handed view of the world

[CookieMonster]

An awfully stupid comment... if nothing else it shows him to be woefully out of touch.

[eskrimador]

This is insane.
Has he nothing to say of the dodgy dealings of the print media in recent times?
Why do Labour have a death wish?

I'm guessing it's like the Clegg situation. The junior partner gets to come off with the silly stuff

[David Cochrane]

Can you see chat rooms having paid professional journalists and editors etc on the pay roll?

Politics.ie has been my full time job for two years, it's been paying me a small wage for the past year. I have an NUJ card and am fully recognised as an actual journalist (despite not being able to write, or spell, but only difference there is that I don't have a sub-editor to fix my copy).

I find comments by Quinn to be quite unsettling, I'd say a few eyebrows are being raised in internet companies in Ireland this morning.