CONFIRMED: RTE internal memo to unhappy staff re Pantigate
UPDATE: It is real. ***I'm not a journalist and I'm not used to getting leaks. So all I can tell you is, I received the text below and it may be accurate or it may not.
A People, Risen
https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=WXayhUzWnl0I take it that you, like me, have already see the video posted above, of Panti's Noble Call, a stirring address to the audience at the final production of The Risen People on Saturday night.
What we can learn from the Pantigate scandal
[caption id="attachment_1581" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo cc Jay Wilson[/caption]Firstly, yes, it is a scandal. Anything that generates a 2000 person demonstration on freedom of expression in a matter of days, without any advance media publicity is big. Anything that has Ireland’s commitment to free speech and minority rights being commented on internationally is big.
Response from the BAI to complaints re the Saturday Night Show
If you write to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland about the recent Panti/Saturday Night Show excitement, you will likely get a reply something like that below.
The Oppression of Silence, The Freedom Of Speech
Thirty years ago a 15 year old girl died alone after giving birth to her baby at the foot of a statue of Virgin Mary. Her baby son also died. Her name was Ann Lovett.
Helpful BAI Statement on new Code of Business Conduct Issued today
"Please note that this code has been updated in recent weeks and a new version has been placed online today; it is viewable here: http://www. bai. ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/20131119_RevisedCodeOfBusinessConduct_PK.
The BAI, John Waters and regulating away Other voices
As a member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), John Waters is one of nine people who are in charge of regulating all broadcasting in Ireland- RTE TV and Radio, TV3, and all commercial radio. He is also one of only two of those nine who sits on the Contracts Awards Committee which licences independent commercial and community broadcasters including digital television providers.
Free The News: Information Commissioner’s decision on RTE/NNI FOI raises questions.
Firstly, let's get the actual decision out of the way. Here it is. Information Commissioner Decision Re RTE FOI request seeking documents re NNI footage sharingNow, lets take a few quotes out.
No Catharsis in Limerick’s Drama
UPDATE: Here's a mind-boggling audio recording of the meeting, courtesy of Eireleaks[soundcloud url="https://api. soundcloud. com/tracks/127770144" params="color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]Last quote from Pat Cox: "It was a powerful, intense and cathartic experience for everyone involved in the meeting".
Things young people do to make old people denounce them
2020s- Having insufficiently defined genders2010s- Taking pictures of themselves2000s- Wearing clothes with a hood1990s- Dancing in fields1980s- Being persistently unemployed1970s- Having insufficiently gender defined hairstyles1960s- Not killing people in a World War. 1950s- Listening to Elvis. Dancing, again.
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