# Claim 172

Broadcasters had actors read interview transcripts in place of the banned speakers' own voices, with actor Stephen Rea voicing Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams as clearly and neutrally as possible.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Broadcasters had actors read interview transcripts in place of the banned speakers' own voices, with actor Stephen Rea voicing Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams as clearly and neutrally as possible.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Actors voiced the transcripts
- About: [incident 1988-uk-broadcasting-ban-sinn-fein](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1988-uk-broadcasting-ban-sinn-fein)
- Source: When Gerry Adams was played by an Oscar nominee, and the IRA weren't allowed talk about sausages. https://www.thejournal.ie/broadcast-ban-uk-30-years-3816443-Jan2018/
- Publisher: TheJournal.ie
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2018-01

## Quotation from the source

> as clearly and neutrally as possible

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/172. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.