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‘Insufficient critique’ – The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry and the media

Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 (2017) ‘Insufficient critique’ – The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry and the media. Administration, 65 (2). pp. 89-107. ISSN 0001-8325

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Abstract

A parliamentary inquiry into the Irish banking collapse was formally established in November 2014, tasked with examining relevant issues from the period of January 1992 to December 2013. In focusing on the role played by the media – and where reportage may have impacted on, or contributed to, the crisis – the Banking Inquiry heard from eight senior media executives who held either commercial or editorial positions in four media organisations in Ireland during the period of the economic boom and subsequent collapse. This article focuses on the engagement of these media witnesses with the inquiry, drawing on written submissions and oral evidence. Having reviewed the place of journalism in a democracy and examined the role of journalism during the economic crisis, the article considers the Banking Inquiry’s final report, specifically in relation to the media. The review concludes that this parliamentary inquiry did not assist in advancing a serious understanding of the work undertaken by the Irish media in the pre-2007 period and that, ultimately, for all involved this engagement was a missed opportunity.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Economic crisis; media; journalism; parliamentary inquiry; Ireland
Subjects:Social Sciences > Journalism
Social Sciences > Political science
Social Sciences > Public administration
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Communications
Publisher:De Gruyter Open
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1515/admin-2017-0016
Copyright Information:© 2017 De Gruyter (CC-BY-NC-ND)
ID Code:25650
Deposited On:19 Mar 2021 11:55 by Kevin Rafter . Last Modified 30 Jul 2021 10:17

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