tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post2278647199302184597..comments2023-03-31T09:25:02.356-07:00Comments on The Galway Tent Blog: The Irish Times Swallows Press Releases?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-12736256240153504282008-11-07T20:27:00.000-08:002008-11-07T20:27:00.000-08:00The media has made no attempt to distinguish betwe...The media has made no attempt to distinguish between economists in the ESRI, the universities and some of their own economic columnists on one hand, and on the other, <B>larger bloc of commentators who are tied into vested interests.</B><BR/><BR/>Responsible commentators voices were drowned out by the more numerous commentators working for Galway Tent banks, Galway Tent stockbrokers and other Galway Tent business and property interests.<BR/><BR/>The Irish Times allocated a mere 1 per cent of 2007's hundreds of column inches of budget coverage to its economic implications.<BR/><BR/><BR/>--------------<BR/><I>Full November 8, 2008 article by Garret Fitzgerald is at url below; the text above is slightly edited but hopefully maintains consistency with the original article:<BR><BR/>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1108/1225925564193.html </I>The Galway Tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785991600065262397noreply@blogger.com