From my reading of it, he appears to be either insinuating pressure not to criticise the government, or that he can't really tell the full story about what's happened (ie: FF F**ked up) while still remaining politically neutral.
The former would be sinister - though not surprising given the Cowen picture debacle - and the latter makes a joke of public service broadcasting's primary goal: telling the truth about what's happening. Lee is an economist of the highest integrity and ability, and should be able to give his professional opinion on the current financial crisis. If he objectively decides that the government messed up, but the opposition's plans to resolve the crisis are errant nonsense, that's his analysis - not him banging a particular political drum.
RTE bosses should do the right thing - set George Lee free on our airwaves to tell us just what happened to get the country in this state, and what will happen now.
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