Today’s Denis O’Brien clarification in Sunday @Independent_ie on remarks he never made about friend Sean Fitzpatrick pic.twitter.com/n0kPP49kd9
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atThe Sunday Independent early edition (top) and later editions (above)
The current edition of The Phoenix magazine claims that Sunday Independent editor Anne Harris has agreed early severance terms with Independent News and Media and will leave in October.
Yesterday’s Sunday Independent published an opinion piece by Ms Harris claiming that The Phoenix article was entirely incorrect, saying: ‘the whole story is a lie’.
However Ms Harris’ column in the Saturday Night Edition of the Sunday Independent – which reaches shops in Dublin on Saturday night – was different the paper’s later edition – which usually reaches shops nationwide early Sunday morning. to wit:
Gavin Sheridan, of TheStory.ie, writes:
There was one critical paragraph that was substantially edited between editions (there are other changes too but I think this is the more significant). The early edition of the paragraph was written thusly (emphasis mine):
‘Since, as I pointed out earlier, none of this is true, I am clearly not the only one defamed. Denis O’Brien is the major shareholder in INM. In theory, with 29pc of the shares, he does not control it. In practice, he does.
But in the later edition of the paper, it said:
‘Since, as I pointed out earlier, none of this is true, I am clearly not the only one defamed. Denis O’Brien is the major shareholder in INM. In theory, with 29pc of the shares, he does not control it.’
I’m not sure this clearly significant change could be blamed on an over zealous sub-editor. The meaning of the entire paragraph has been altered. Why was the column changed and by whom? Was it done with the permission of the editor and author? Which column represents the truly held beliefs of that author? Surely it can’t be both?”
Anyone?
Why was this Anne Harris Sunday Independent column modified? (thestory.ie)
Thanks Gavin
In today’s Sunday Independent, author and journalist John Waters writes about his experience of Pantigate west of the Shannon and wonders if teh gays would be treated differently in relation to the Croke Park gigs.
Nobody I met had ever tweeted anything, or cared one whit what some drag queen had said about me, or what had happened afterwards.
Most had registered nothing of it, and those who had were even more perplexed – one woman even thinking that someone had accused me of being a homosexual.
On the issue of Garth Brooks in Croke Park, he poses the question:
Ask yourself this: if the performer in question was Elton John, would the same objections be raised?
Searching for the soul of the ‘true’ Ireland … (John Waters, Sunday Independent)
Laurita Blewitt tweetz:
This ain’t President Higgins wife Sabina is it??!
Yesterday’s Sunday Independent.
Hat tip: Lisa
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at@NiamhHoran Very very brave+compelling article toady in the Sunday Independent. I hope he is behind bars very soon. Keep up the great work.
— Barry Egan (@RealBarryEgan) July 29, 2012
Thanks Lars Biscuits
Context:
Responding to this article by Anne Harris, editor of The Sunday Independent, which claimed ‘hands-off’ editorial independence during the O’Reilly reign at INM, Vincent Browne writes today:
On March 4th a headline [in the Sunday Independent]: “Bertie sinks as house market goes under.”
… On April 8th: “Ahern missed boat on election” and inside another headline: “Will Bertie’s new Haughey gene cost FF the next election?”
…On April 15th: “Ahern denies air trip with a case of cash”.
But then, suddenly, there was a compete volte-face. And no explanation.
On April 22nd, 2007, there was an exclusive facilitatory interview with Ahern on stamp duty “reform”.
…On May 6th, 2007, a front page story under the headline: “Most voters want Bertie as Taoiseach despite money issues.”
…On May 13th there was another interview with Ahern in which he spoke about his personal finances under the headline: “It’s all related to my judicial separation.” There was no challenge to his claims.
So how come this spectacular turnaround? This could all be a compete coincidence, of course, but during the week that the extraordinary U-turn was undertaken – this was the week beginning April 16th, 2007 – a private undisclosed meeting took place between Tony O’Reilly and Ahern…
About-Turn On Ahern Lacked Independent Thinking (Vincent Browne, Irish Times)
Meanwhile: Swedish Director Steps Down From INM Board (Samantha McCaughren, TheDailyBusinessPost.com)
(DCU)