David Murphy
Byline seen at RTÉ News.
person
30 reports under this byline
1 outlet
6 bias readings
3 claims checked
7 Sep 2026 → 29 Oct 2026
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RTÉ News
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What we have measured
Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1
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Bias we have measured on this byline
Dating and attribution Calls the release "Today's figures" under a Saturday update stamp, where another report dates the release to Friday ×1How hard the claim is stated Calls the figure healthy and the performance strong; the two other reports on the same release attach no adjective to the number at all. ×1How hard the claim is stated Growth stated with an approving adjective in the reporter's own voice, not the statistician's ×1Which figure is used Leads on the domestic measure and puts the 7% half-year fall in the wider one behind a However, explaining it as the measure that includes foreign companies. ×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
2 misleading1 unverified
From 30 reports we hold under this byline, at
RTÉ News.
Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, with the quote attached to every tag. We do not carry a rating for any
journalist — only what we have measured from published text, and a verdict on a
claim is a verdict on that sentence, not on the person who filed it.

