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Written by Gav

December 26th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

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  1. It was tasteless and tactless, or at least lacking the sort of tact one would expect.

    The grim on-site reporter, the over excited presenter filling in the missing details of the diagnosis, and the ‘expert’ giving all the background padding information on the condition.

    They gave the minister and his family 48 hours grace? How good of them.

    No public benefit, no regard for the people involved, there simply was no need for it.

    Unnecessary, ill-timed, tasteless and ghoulish.

    Martin

    26 Dec 09 at 10:35 pm

  2. Well said Gav – I wonder could we get a Facebook based boycott going on this? It was a pure nasty piece of so called journalism!

    paddyanglican

    26 Dec 09 at 11:14 pm

  3. halligan is always terrible so what?
    she always reverential too.

    crowne gave a very positive view of pancreatic cancer, as far as it goes

    im guessing his known for over two weeks now

    steve white

    27 Dec 09 at 2:11 am

  4. You Said it right Gav. It was really bad piece of media discussion.

    Snehal Prabhukeluskar

    27 Dec 09 at 11:10 am

  5. I was saddened to hear from TV3 on St. Stephen’s Day of Minister Lenihan’s illness. They informed me that they were going to report that he had pancreas cancer and asked me to speak about this disease. I was not asked and would have refused to discuss the specifics of the Minister’s health, or the health of any other individual. Pancreas cancer however is an important public health issue in this country, and kills 400 of our fellow citizens annually. Tragically, recent data suggest that the majority do not have access to appropriate treatment. Others who depend on our waiting list afflicted public hospital system have dreadfully delayed diagnoses.
    I wish the Minister the very best in his treatment. I also hope that the increased public attention to this illness forces our politicians to address those deficiencies, which are the real pancreas cancer scandal in Ireland.

    John Crown

    28 Dec 09 at 6:34 pm

  6. While I agree with most of the post I don’t think we can heap the blame for this on Prof John Crown. While the report should never have been made we have to realize he is a world renowned Cancer specialist and his views on the matter will be sought. Did TV3 inform Prof Crown of the news blackout on this one? Did they inform him of the fact that they “gave him 48 hours to tell his family”? TV3 news and Andrew Hanlon are to blame here.

    laura Daly

    28 Dec 09 at 9:46 pm

  7. I have no doubt that the fight against, or awareness of, the disease would be just as well served in a couple of weeks time, after the minister had the opportunity to speak out himself on this most private and personal of matters.

    Even with the very best of intentions of anyone involved in the broadcast, the timing was horrendous.

    Martin

    28 Dec 09 at 9:58 pm

  8. “Lenihan, the Department, or the Government have declined to comment on the matter, but that Halligan doesn’t see fit to mention this”

    Halligan mentioned specifically in her piece that the Department issued a statement. She even read it out, quoting them that they wouldn’t be commenting until the new year.

    I have issues with TV3′s approach (though I maintain it should have been reported), but there has been a lot of misinformation spouted about their coverage.

    Alan R

    28 Dec 09 at 10:04 pm

  9. Don’t forget the Irish Sun’s response, which defended TV3′s beanspilling, stating that “citizens have the right to know if their finance minister is incapacitated for office” (in a less eloquent tone).

    Regarding this, the public don’t need to know about his condition until the Dáil return.

    FF not worth a shite now.

    colin sweetman

    28 Dec 09 at 11:10 pm

  10. Fame kills cancer now? Shame the side-effect is stress on a family and the odd privacy violation.

    Damien Mulley

    28 Dec 09 at 11:44 pm

  11. For the life of me, I can’t see what value this supposed scoop has for TV3 News. Their news bulletin is on before the RTe 6.1 broadcast and yet most people are content to wait until 6.1 because TV3 will only rush through any news they have. TV3 too often reminds me of the presentational style of much of the regional news in the US, first, live and local is what matters not actual content itself.

    TV3 could easily have gone with this story today for example, allowing themselves plenty of time to work out a reasoned and decent way of covering of it. Instead it was a straight-forward rush job, the mindset that creates is that it’s all about being first instead of being good. “Look at me I’m first with the news”.. indeed Ursula and you’ve delivered it to us broken in your rush to be first with it. I had heard mutterings before about Ursula’s contrived way of doing things during the 2004 elections. This only serves to underline that she hasn’t gained any real credibility since then.

    And it’s not like Brian Lenihan is suddenly unable to do his job at the Department of Finance or that it would impossible for an orderly hand-over to take place, should that prove necessary.

    Daniel Sullivan

    29 Dec 09 at 7:56 pm

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