Hypocrisy of the Irish Media.

Let me start this by utterly condemning the use of unparliamentary language used towards President Michael D Higgins.

That being said, Let me address the substantial issue. Irish media hypocrisy.

Last week the Irish broadcast and print media, and somewhat the new media also, took great umbrage at the audacity of, an Anti Irishwater Tax protester using unparliamentary language, towards the Irish President. This issue occupied acres of forests and was given more air time than any other issue. It even relegated the new Greek government into second place.

This week, that same media, is fawning over two Irish guys that essentially stole two seats at the SuperBowl. This is the biggest sporting event in America. It is so large, the tickets for this event can cost $25,000. Yes, that is twenty five thousand dollars.

Anyway the story goes, Two guys "BLAGGED THEIR WAY INTO THE GAME". That`s media speak, for saying THE LADS HAD "A BIT O CRAIC" AND MANAGED TO BUNK INTO THE STADIUM. So basically the media think this was a bit of fun. It is illegal, and no matter which way you look at it, the media have honoured these guys for committing an illegal act.

The fact is, the media have turned these guys into minor celebrities, for, committing an illegal act.

I can,t hear any umbrage outrages from the media about this.

Morning Ireland the countries flagship radio news programme interviewed them, and gave them plenty of time to tell their story. Something they do not afford to ordinary members of the public when trying to explain their objections to Irish water being turned into a commodity, or, why masked men are working on the streets installing water meters, that many people do not want.

As part of the Morning Ireland interview, the guys also explained that, they had stolen two seats on a private bus to get them back to their hotel. The interviewer seemed not to question this, and, in facts seemed to think it was also "a bit o craic".

The fact is this, two people were essentially left stranded in the stadium. None of us know what the circumstances were, surrounding these peoples needs, to avail of a private bus service. I could speculate, but I won,t. Hopefully, no harm came to them, and hopefully, they were not too inconvenienced.

So there you have it. The righteous indignation,  of the Irish media, in defence of the President, seems to vanish entirely, when, they think its, "a bit o craic" as opposed to, an illegal act.

Basically its the media for the haves, and a different media, for the, have nots.

Irish Media hypocrisy at its best.