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Irish Examiner editor in court next week over Deirdre Tynan article

category national | summit mobilisations | news report author Tuesday April 20, 2004 22:32author by redflaremist

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Some of you will remember our friend Deirdre Tynan, a journalist from the scum rag "Ireland on Sunday" who printed a story about how she "infiltrated" a publicly advertised meeting in a public house a couple of months back. Great work on that one Deirdre.

This was the first "May Day Mayhem" bullshit media sensationalist violence hype article to appear in a newspaper, and there's been a deluge of them ever since.

Her drunken two-faced antics won her no friends or favours, despite her pleas that she was just doing what her editor told her to do. She also claimed in emails beforehand she was sympathetic to the politics of the anarchists who held this meeting. More lies.

Anyway, the Irish Examiner editor is in court next week, charged with Contempt of Court. Deirdre Tynan, while working for the Examiner, wrote a piece discussing the Brian Murphy/Anabel's case, in breach of court reporting guidelines. Her editor never checked the article. She was fired immediately once the error was discovered.

Seems as if she hasnt learnt her lesson. Shoddy journalists have a home at Ireland on Sunday it would seem.


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