{"id":950730,"date":"2021-11-01T17:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T21:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950730"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T21:58:42","slug":"fact-check-did-irish-politician-eamon-ryan-call-on-radio-and-tv-stations-to-not-play-this-christmas-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-irish-politician-eamon-ryan-call-on-radio-and-tv-stations-to-not-play-this-christmas-song\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Irish Politician Eamon Ryan Call On Radio And TV Stations To Not Play This Christmas Song?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-irish-politician-eamon-ryan-call-on-radio-and-tv-stations-to-not-play-this-christmas-song%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelGBergin\/posts\/10226044639012689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral Facebook post<\/a> shared over 700 times claims Irish politician Eamon Ryan called on TV and radio stations to not play a Christmas song because it \u201cglamorises and promotes\u201d driving.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Ryan called for radio and TV stations to do such a thing. The claim appears to originate from a satirical Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oireachtas.ie\/en\/members\/member\/Eamon-Ryan.D.2002-06-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">serves<\/a> as the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and as the Minister for Transport in the Irish government. He has also served as the leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ie\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irish Green Party<\/a> since 2011, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-53520065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/10\/13\/fact-check-leo-varadkar-say-rent-freeze-nightmare-scenario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar Say That Introducing A Rent Freeze Could Create A Nightmare Scenario?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelGBergin\/posts\/10226044639012689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oct. 26 Facebook post<\/a> features a picture of Ryan speaking into a news microphone, with the caption alleging, \u201cEamon Ryan has called on all the Irish radio and TV stations to avoid playing \u2018Driving Home For Christmas\u2019 this festive period, claiming that the song \u2018glamorises and promotes\u2019 car use, which is totally unacceptable and against the green party agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no evidence Ryan called for TV and radio stations to boycott the song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DDt3u2Ev1cI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Driving Home For Christmas<\/a>\u201d because it \u201cglamorises and promotes\u201d car usage. Such a remark does not appear on his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=driving%20christmas%20(from%3AEamonRyan)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/615544458529162\/search\/?q=christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> accounts. He hasn\u2019t posted anything to that effect on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eamonryan.ie\/updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cUpdates\u201d section<\/a> of his website.<\/p>\n<p>There is also no reporting from Irish media outlets such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/search\/search-7.4195619?q=driving+home+for+christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irish Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/search\/?q=driving+home+for+christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Independent.ie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/search\/?q=driving+home+for+christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DublinLive<\/a> to corroborate the Facebook post\u2019s claim. Instead, the allegation <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrHaroldNews\/status\/1453080038681817096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seems to originate<\/a> from a Twitter account, @DrHaroldNews, which <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrHaroldNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">describes itself<\/a> as \u201cFAKE news, MADE-UP quotes, and topical left-wing SATIRE from Dr Harold\u201d in its bio.<\/p>\n<p>The photo of Ryan that appears in both the Facebook post and the satirical tweet shows him \u201carriving at Dublin Castle for a meeting of the Cabinet\u201d on May 18, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingnews.ie\/p\/press\/asset\/90624833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its description<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral Facebook post shared over 700 times claims Irish politician Eamon Ryan called on TV and radio stations to not play a Christmas song because it \u201cglamorises and promotes\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}