{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65f42e61a0626800170ad90d/6a60b4717d20badb28922d93?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Public Servicing, w Betty Purcell (E20)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65f42e61a0626800170ad90d/1784722504917-f577c9d4-54e1-403d-b45d-e6e1c4a383a7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, is hammered by scandal – and hampered by a combination of deference to government and devotion to commercial imperatives.</p><p>Betty Purcell, former radio and TV producer in RTÉ – who also sat as the elected staff representative on the RTÉ Authority – joins The Party Line, hosted by Harry Browne and Niamh Ní Bhriain, with Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch.</p><p>'The Ditch investigation into Dublin investment firm Elkstone's Epstein deal subject of bogus complaint, deleted from Google' <a href=\"https://www.ontheditch.com/dublin-investment-firm-elkstones-epstein-deal/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ontheditch.com/dublin-investment-firm-elkstones-epstein-deal/</a></p><p>'Report card: How RTÉ has performed on TV and radio during challenging times' <a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/sp7d3pcv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://tinyurl.com/sp7d3pcv</a></p><p>Music by Fionn Dempsey</p><p>Recording by Justin Young</p><p>Email theditchpartyline at gmail</p>","author_name":"The Ditch"}