Television reviews: It’s not RTÉ’s job to tell viewers what to think of the US election


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Eilis O’Hanlon

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RTÉ’s editorial guidelines are clear: “We do not unduly favour one perspective over another.” Many licence fee payers will likely scoff at that boast. RTÉ? Impartial? Yeah, right. When it comes to the upcoming US presidential election, the claim is even less credible.

That Donald Trump might return to the White House in November is treated as an unquestionable disaster which should appal all right-thinking people.


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