Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/CMacCoille" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Cathal Mac Coille</a>, former Morning Ireland presenter for taking the chair in this special podcast. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This is the <a href="http://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Complaint-to-RT%C3%89.pdf" data-wpel-link="internal">complaint that I sent to RTÉ</a>. <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Complaint-to-RT%C3%89.pdf" class="pdfemb-viewer" data-width="max" data-height="max" data-toolbar="bottom" data-toolbar-fixed="off" data-wpel-link="internal">Complaint-to-RTÉ</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> RTÉ gave it short shrift. This is the <a href="http://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RTEs-Response-to-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">totality of their response</a>.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RTEs-Response-to-Complaint.pdf" class="pdfemb-viewer" data-width="max" data-height="max" data-toolbar="bottom" data-toolbar-fixed="off" data-wpel-link="internal">RTEs-Response-to-Complaint</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> There was some back-and-forth between me and RTÉ, and RTÉ eventually they made it clear that they would not refer my complaint to an internal reviewer, so I <a href="http://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Complaint-against-RT%C3%89-BAI-William-Campbell.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">referred the complaint to the BAI</a>.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Complaint-against-RT%C3%89-BAI-William-Campbell.pdf" class="pdfemb-viewer" data-width="max" data-height="max" data-toolbar="bottom" data-toolbar-fixed="off" data-wpel-link="internal">Complaint-against-RTÉ-BAI-William-Campbell</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> As per their procedure, the BAI asked RTÉ for their response to the complaint, and <a href="http://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/BAI-C5094_RTEBAI-2019-2463_AA-Roadwatch_RTE-Response-180619.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">forwarded me the that response</a>. This was the first time that RTÉ actually admitted how they classified AA Roadwatch – as an independent radio production.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/BAI-C5094_RTEBAI-2019-2463_AA-Roadwatch_RTE-Response-180619.pdf" class="pdfemb-viewer" data-width="max" data-height="max" data-toolbar="bottom" data-toolbar-fixed="off" data-wpel-link="internal">BAI-C5094_RTEBAI-2019-2463_AA-Roadwatch_RTE-Response-180619</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> I <a href="http://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/C5094-Response-to-RT%C3%89-William-Campbell.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">responded to the points made by RTÉ</a>, in particular the claim that the AA were, in fact, an independent radio production company.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/C5094-Response-to-RT%C3%89-William-Campbell.pdf" class="pdfemb-viewer" data-width="max" data-height="max" data-toolbar="bottom" data-toolbar-fixed="off" data-wpel-link="internal">C5094-Response-to-RTÉ-William-Campbell</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> There followed much wrangling where the BAI initially refused to consider all but one of the grounds for complaint that I had made. After some negotiation, and me asking what legal basis they had to refuse to consider a complaint, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/C5094-Jean-Crampton-Letter-September-10.pdf" target="_blank" data-wpel-link="internal">I agreed to specify under what rule of the BAI I was making each ground of the complaint</a>.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://blog.hereshow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/C5094-Jean-Crampton-Letter-September-10.pdf" class="pdfemb-viewer" data-width="max" data-height="max" data-toolbar="bottom" data-toolbar-fixed="off" data-wpel-link="internal">C5094-Jean-Crampton-Letter-September-10</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
