Poor quality thinking is much in evidence these days, especially in the media, both traditional and non-traditional. One recent exemplar is the present day re-interpretation…
Category: Latest -Press Watch
False history. Fake news. Distorted narratives served up daily with such relentless speed that it can feel as though truth itself has become an endangered species in Ireland. This section offers just a glimpse—a sampling of the most brazen examples—to show how easily facts are bent to fit an agenda. Read on, and decide for yourself what you believe when you finally see both sides of the story.
Debunked – Historical Misogyny
Una Mullally writing for the Irish Times asks “Out of 697 Dublin mayors, why have only eight been women?” Una did not intend to dispel…
Little Mistakes Grow into Big False Impressions
Little mistakes that go unchallenged are one of the primary contributors to false history. Here is one which is not easily spotted in the ITV…
Historian Questions the Tuam Claims
Kieran Cuddihy facilitates Pseudo History
Dear The Hard Shoulder Team, I am writing to express my deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent episode of The Hard Shoulder, aired on…
RTE’s Ignorant Rewrite of Irish History
Limerick’s mock criminal was given access to the national airwaves last night by RTÉ to continue their ignorant rewrite of Irish history. Mr Blindboy Boatclub…
Valencia 2024 – Climate Change BS
The recent devastating floods in Valencia, Spain, have nothing whatsoever to do with climate change. The flooding is entirely man-made due to poor engineering and…
More Anti-Irish-Prejudice
In today’s Ireland, resplendent with its new generations of parchment holders, it never ceases to amaze how the dream of a college education for all…
John Ryan or Bodger a Fakenews Merchant
Broadsheet.ie is a guttersnipe website which gives vent to a certain type of Irish prejudices and bias. There is no editorial control and so the…
RTÉ’s Anti-Catholic Agenda
RTÉ is perusing it anti-Catholic agenda with gusto again this week with not one, but two false history programmes. Historians are taught that events in…
