I am convinced that there is a deliberate policy of refusing to publish in the letters page the views of anyone who disagrees with the paper’s agenda.
The Irish Times gets hundreds of letters every day; they can hardly publish everything they receive. There are all sorts of crackpots out there sending in stuff.
A quick search shows 42 letters over the past year which refer to Fintan, and a quick review of these show that many are taking issue with Fintan's views;I find it amazing that they didn't print a single letter disagreeing with Fintan O'Toole's ridiculous suggestion that there should be a cap of €75k on net pay. The same is true of some of his other equally silly suggestions (from an economic/ financial perspective).
Thanks for posting the link. I went through the letters back to September 08 and they support 100% the point I've been making. The only letters that were published disagreeing with Fintan O'Toole's views on economic or financial matters were from "Important People", such as Charlie McCreevy, etc. taking issue with (supposed) errors of fact about them or their organisations in articles penned by Fintan O'Toole. Not a single letter from an ordinary punter disagreeing with his views on such matters was published. Fine to disagree with him on hyphenated Obama or the activities of Hamas in Gaza but not about financial or economic issues.
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