“I implore the RTÉ Editorial Standards Board who are due to make recommendations this Friday after reviewing the broadcast to remove the offending clip immediately,” she added. This doesn’t go far enough - an apology is meaningless while the clip remains available.” Ms Smyth said: “RTÉ had to apologise for the deeply offensive and blasphemous segment after receiving thousands of complaints and yet the segment is still available to be viewed. While RTÉ have apologised for the sketch, it still remains on the RTÉ Player with a warning advising viewer discretion.
In it, a mocked-up news report featuring former RTÉ news presenter Aengus Mac Grianna claimed that God had been arrested over “sexual harassment scandals” The programme, broadcast on RTÉ One on New Year’s Eve, featured a sketch by satirical group Waterford Whispers News. This outrageous clip should be removed immediately & denounced by all people of goodwill.
I am shocked that producer/editor of ‘NYE Countdown Show’ didn’t realise how deeply offensive was a mocking ‘news report’ accusing God of rape & reporting his imprisonment. The broadcaster said it acknowledged that viewers were offended by the clip, which received almost 5,000 complaints and faced criticism from Archbishop Eamon Martin, who said it was “deeply offensive and blasphemous”.ġ. RTÉ has apologised over offence caused by the sketch. The TD - who is also Chair of the Oireachtas Committee for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht - has become the latest figure to speak out against the segment. Fianna Fáil spokesperson for Arts and Culture Niamh Smyth has called on RTÉ to remove an “offensive and blasphemous segment” from the RTÉ Player after the national broadcaster received thousands of complaints from viewers.
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