On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 11:23, Éibhear wrote:
Unfortunately, we didn't
Oh well, at least we got the opportunity to pre-bake some questions should we get a similar opportunity in the future. I suggest those in Ireland keep an eye/ear out for opportunities to phone in and raise these issues on-air. I think the key, as always, is to keep it short and simple. *fact* *fact* *question* is much more effective than *fact* *fact* *opinion* *fact* *question* because then they can ignore the facts you state while responding to your opinion.
Shane Hogan, who contributes to the ICTE mailing list, *did* get to ask a question about the startling revelations regarding discrepancies in the pilot runs of the electronic voting system in 2002. Ms. Harney obviously wasn't prepared for that one and fudged her answer, in my opinion. Dave McWilliams handled it well for her by changing the subject once it became obvious that she didn't want to talk about it.
I think it is all about keeping up the pressure to remind them that people do care about this. You are never going to get a politician to admit they are wrong or change their position on-air, the best you can do is make them uncomfortable.
Ian.