Social media present new means of engaging voters and risks for debate sponsors. A “tweet” read on-air during an Irish presidential debate was falsely attributed to one of the candidate’s campaigns and led to a question that affected the impact of the debate and the race, and led to a legal investigation.
BAI ‘broadly satisfied’ with RTE’s assessment of Frontline Presidential debate
Irish Examiner
November 22, 2012
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has said it was broadly satisfied with RTÉ’s assessment of the Frontline Presidential debate, which they last week admitted was responsible for changing the course of the election.
During the programme, an anonymous text wrongly attributed to the Martin McGuinness campaign, was put to candidate Seán Gallagher…
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