The Herald! What a Rag!!!

[brenners']

Most of you know I am an easy going guy, take politics in my stride, but I have to say last nights coverage in the Herald of the handing over of arms by the IRA (page 4!!) was nothing short of a disgrace and really made my blood boil. I have long ago given up much hope of reading any thing really factual in this rag, but the unadulterated ************************e that they published last night was nothing short of a disgrace.
They ignored all of the facts of the story in last night’s edition, the speech by the two witnesses and indeed the Generals words and instead came up with two fabricated stories. Firstly that a senior, as always unnamed, Garda source had told them that the IRA was holding on to a certain amount of guns for "Criminality" and then secondly, on the same page, that they where selling guns to Dublin’s underworld instead of getting rid of them. What absolute rubbish which totally ignores the fact that the amount of guns got rid of matched the assessments given by the two governments, assessments which the IRA where not privy too and had no idea that they existed (I am actually a little worried how they where so accurate, but that’s a debate for another day).
It is about time that this rag was taken to task for the fabricated stories that it publishes which have not one thread of journalistic integrity. They can not continue to write solely opinion pieces with anonymous sources and pass them of a real journalism when they are nothing of the sort.
BTW I did not buy the paper; it was lying on the backseat of the 49 bus, obviously discarded by somebody who could not be bothered to read its contents.

[krayZpaving]

In fairness, much as I dislike the Herald, they would have gone to press hours before de Chastelain gave him press conference, so they were really operating blind. They would have had to go with the information they had...

[brenners']

In fairness, much as I dislike the Herald, they would have gone to press hours before de Chastelain gave him press conference, so they were really operating blind. They would have had to go with the information they had...

Thats not good enough, it has no basis in fact!!

[TheBear]

Most of you know I am an easy going guy, take politics in my stride, but I have to say last nights coverage in the Herald of the handing over of arms by the IRA (page 4!!) was nothing short of a disgrace and really made my blood boil. I have long ago given up much hope of reading any thing really factual in this rag, but the unadulterated ************************e that they published last night was nothing short of a disgrace.
They ignored all of the facts of the story in last night’s edition, the speech by the two witnesses and indeed the Generals words and instead came up with two fabricated stories. Firstly that a senior, as always unnamed, Garda source had told them that the IRA was holding on to a certain amount of guns for "Criminality" and then secondly, on the same page, that they where selling guns to Dublin’s underworld instead of getting rid of them. What absolute rubbish which totally ignores the fact that the amount of guns got rid of matched the assessments given by the two governments, assessments which the IRA where not privy too and had no idea that they existed (I am actually a little worried how they where so accurate, but that’s a debate for another day).
It is about time that this rag was taken to task for the fabricated stories that it publishes which have not one thread of journalistic integrity. They can not continue to write solely opinion pieces with anonymous sources and pass them of a real journalism when they are nothing of the sort.
BTW I did not buy the paper; it was lying on the backseat of the 49 bus, obviously discarded by somebody who could not be bothered to read its contents.

Who wrote the piece? I only ask as there was an uber-infuriating article on the front page a few days back (I think it was Friday or Saturday). It was about some guy who was allegedly shot by some IRA guy for being a drug dealer. The family are of course denying that he was a dealer (there's a good chance that he wasn't), but hte rest of the article was the most anti-SF vomitous bile I've read in a long while! And I'm no big fan of SF...

[Dee Four]

The best way to deal with Herald-related stress is to develop a blind spot for all tabloids. They're not worth the time it takes to get worked up. Personally, I never read the article. Nor have I read any Herald article since I was sixteen. If enough of us ignore them, they might just go away!

[JCSkinner]

Herald prints at, I think, 9.30 and 11.30am.

[LowIQ]

In fairness, much as I dislike the Herald, they would have gone to press hours before de Chastelain gave him press conference, so they were really operating blind. They would have had to go with the information they had...

Thats not good enough, it has no basis in fact!!

Agreed. If you have no facts, then the "information they had" should not be printed.

[brenners']

I left the paper exactly where I found it so unfortunately I can not tell you who wrote the articles, but it is suffice to say some at the Beano have more right to the title "Serious Journalist".

[TheBear]

While I don't generally read it, and wouldn't buy it, my place of work has them in each day (both the Indo and the Herald). There'd probably be a better chance of getting the Irish Times if they had an evening version, but I can't see that happening in the near future.

[Ultan]

Their coverage of Saturday's rally was hilarious. Apparently the city was brought to an "absolute standstill" dispute only a "paltry 3,000" (!!!!) showing up. The story contained the usual stereotypes of the pig ignoramii with their Shinner stickers being menacing and threatening to the good people of Dublin. Probably the best example of gutter journalism at its best.