Jason Osborne

6 days ago | gript.ie | Jason Osborne

A new poll has shown that almost half of Irish respondents feel that their views aren’t represented at the level of the European Union, while 34 percent feel the EU is not upholding its core values and 26 percent are dissatisfied with its direction. Despite this, support for Ireland’s membership of the EU remains high at 82 percent. However, that figure represents the lowest level of support in over a decade (since 2013).

1 week ago | gript.ie | Jason Osborne

Dear Reader, It is a simple statement of fact that if you are looking for diversity of thought in the Irish media, you will struggle to find it. That is why we founded Gript – to serve the gap in the market left by so many of our colleagues, when they decided that the job of journalists was not to challenge consensus thought, but to herd around it, and defend it fiercely.

2 weeks ago | gript.ie | Jason Osborne

Dear Reader, It is a simple statement of fact that if you are looking for diversity of thought in the Irish media, you will struggle to find it. That is why we founded Gript – to serve the gap in the market left by so many of our colleagues, when they decided that the job of journalists was not to challenge consensus thought, but to herd around it, and defend it fiercely.

2 weeks ago | gript.ie | Jason Osborne

A familiar pattern has manifested itself in recent years, one that sees public opinion and concern land on the one side of an issue, and academic, civic, journalistic and government-adjacent fall on the other side of it. A read through the review of the public consultation submissions for the ‘National Counter Disinformation Strategy’ reveals that this pattern was once again present, to a degree of almost archetypal perfection.

2 weeks ago | gript.ie | Jason Osborne

Dear Reader, It is a simple statement of fact that if you are looking for diversity of thought in the Irish media, you will struggle to find it. That is why we founded Gript – to serve the gap in the market left by so many of our colleagues, when they decided that the job of journalists was not to challenge consensus thought, but to herd around it, and defend it fiercely.