A chara, – In an otherwise interesting article on media control, Vincent Browne makes the point that RTÉ controls two television and three radio stations (Opinion, October 12th). Where then does this leave TG4 and Raidió na Gaeltachta? RnaG is an integral part of the RTÉ organisation, though discriminated against in terms of funding and conditions of employment, while TG4 has not yet received the independent status originally intended for it.
RTÉ itself talks of having four national radio stations, of which RnaG is one, but, like a lot of other English-language journalists, for Mr Browne the Irish-language media apparently doesn’t exist.
We certainly need a full debate about the media, and the niches that are suitable for private enterprise, but let’s debate the entire media, and not just that part of it that Mr Browne recognises. – Is mise,
EOIN Ó MURCHÚ,
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Cluain Dolcáin
Baile Átha Cliath 22.