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2011 was my best year ever financially by a country mile. 2012 has (so far) been my worst. Easy come, easy go. Pint of Harp and a packet of dates please.
 
The editors thus concluded that ‘the Government will have a major job to do in educating public opinion about unpalatable economic realities and the need for civic discipline’.

The media have helped the government extensively in that task. One reason that explains why only about 12% of articles oppose austerity is that a large majority of writers come from elite institutions that favour austerity.

Excluding regular journalists, 29% of the authors of opinion articles in the press on austerity are mainstream economists, 28% are working in the financial or corporate sector, and 20% are political officials in the three main political parties, which have all supported austerity.

The Irish Media - Cheerleaders For Austerity | Social Europe
 

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