Hidden Histories: The Media War, From Fake News to Downing Street

Historian Donal Fallon and creator of the Three Castles Burning podcast joined On The Record with Gavan Reilly to discuss.
This week, the make-up of the British Empire shifted somewhat - with the birth of the Republic of Barbados.
A century ago this week however, the shifting make-up of that Empire concerned….us. As the Anglo-Irish Treaty was being trashed out, a vicious media war was playing out in the press in these islands.
To some journalists, it was a disgrace that men like Michael Collins were sitting at the table of high politics,while the Dáil sent press secretaries and more to try and win the ear - and influence - of the British mainstream press.
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