Does RTÉ endorse dismissal of these statistically robust findings about the Gaeltacht by their group head of Irish?” Ní fhéadfaí glacadh leis, a deir Ó Giollagáin agus Ó Curnáin, go mbeadh an craoltóir náisiúnta ag tabhairt droim láimhe ‘ar nós cuma liom’ le taighde dá leithéid.
“A cavalier dismissal of research findings is not acceptable from a national broadcaster, either from the perspective of corporate practice or journalistic values.” Iarrtar sa litir go gcuirfeadh RTÉ fad idir iad féin agus alt Mhic Con Iomaire chun a chruthú nach bhfuil aon pholasaí faoi cheilt acu cinsearacht a dhéanamh ar thorthaí na taighde ná ar impleachtaí na dtorthaí sin.
Cuirtear roinnt ceisteanna ar Ard-Stiúrthóir RTÉ, Noel Curran, sa litir: “Would RTÉ tolerate one of its executives publishing a dismissal of a scientific health study on the dangers of smoking based on the personal anecdote of a close relative being a heavy smoker and living to a ripe old age?