Radio reviews: ‘Is the ability to move from journalism to the dark side a kind of DNA test?’

Justin McCarthy tackled thorny subject on 'This Week'. Photo: Steve Langan

Declan Lynch

Since I’ve in the past been critical of RTÉ1’s This Week (RTÉ1, Sundays, 1pm), I note with approval that they did an item last week which for them must have been challenging.

It was about the alarming number of journalists who are becoming political “advisers”; a story with many strands, one of which is the symbiotic relationship which can exist between these two estates – something to which This Week itself must be regarded as a net contributor.