A co-author of a report into The Frontline Presidential debate programme said any suggestion that it is incomplete or watered down is absolutely incorrect.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland said an internal report by the same team showed the failings of the programme were more significant than those identified by RTÉ in the published report.
Speaking on Morning Ireland, former head of news and current affairs at UTV Rob Morrison, said the final report was "an absolute reflection" of the working document on which it was based.
Mr Morrison said the investigation was very thorough and that over 30 people were interviewed and "mountains of emails and tweets" were gone through.
"All commentators will agree this is a very damning report. We made serious criticisms of nearly every aspect of the production," he said.
Mr Morrison said they looked at the audience selection, the way questions were drafted, why there was no direct question to Michael D Higgins and editorial supervision of the programme.
He said the BAI statement could be interpreted as implying that they had watered down or censored the report or left something out.
"We gave the BAI everything we had, all 27 pages of the working document...and they're concluding that there's something missing. It's absolutely not the case and I absolutely refute the suggestion. It's a very serious accusation and I absolutely refute it."
Mr Morrison said that to get a full and frank discourse on the provenance of some of the questions asked by the audience, they had to assure some of the questioners of confidentiality.
He said this was the only basis on which the internal and published documents differ.
Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said that he does not know why differences have emerged between RTÉ and the BAI.
He also said that RTÉ had issues of confidentiality to address.
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