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Sat 01 Jan 2010Basic human decency lacking in TV3 exposé
IRISH POLITICAL journalism hit a new low at 5.32pm on St Stephen’s Day. TV3’s decision to broadcast the private health details of a Government Minister was a disgrace. The tone of the specially scheduled news bulletin was disgusting, writes NOEL WHELAN
Personal health details are regarded, in data protection legislation and otherwise, as the most private of information, entitled to the strongest of protection.
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