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Should Bertie have launched Skynews Ireland?

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  • 12-05-2004 5:48pm
    #1
    b20uvkft6m5xwg
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    I must say I was very suprised when I heard this. Its not like turning up to open a pub in Ballincollig.

    My reservations are mainly becuase of its integral status in the Murdoch Media machine, and the disgust I feel when watching Fox News over here. Obviously its editorial bias leans strongly towards the New Conservatists.

    For that I say no, he should not have helped launch the thing.
    Any thoughts?

    Should Bertie have launched Skynews Ireland? 4 votes

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    dahamsta
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    Interesting. I don't think it's a good idea for a prominent politician to launch /any/ news source, and I reckon it would've been better if they'd used a celeb, but who could you use? I can't think of (m)any at-home Irish celebs that'd be any way interesting, and they'd probably have to lash out a fair whack for an international celeb (like Brosnan or Neeson?)

    For what it's worth, I don't think Sky News is as bad as people tend to make them out to be. Granted, they sometimes give right-wingers an easy ride and left-wingers the bums rush, but on balance I don't find their coverage swings /too/ far to the right. It's the first channel I check when I turn the telly on and the one I flick to throughout the day when there's nothing on, and I don't think many would describe me as a new conservative!

    Channel 4 News still beats the pants off Sky though. :)

    adam


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    Cork
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    There is nothing wrong with a Taoiseach opening up a news paper or media.

    I wish SKY news well in Ireland. RTE's viewership figures have tumbled & I think that Sky will have the resources to offer a more comprehensive international news coverage to an Irish audience.


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    mike65
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    Whenever a politico is seen at the opening of an envelope I just think could'nt he/she be doing something more important?

    Mike.


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    BuffyBot
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    TBH I can't see what difference it makes, it's just another engagement.


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    Lennoxschips
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    Another example of the Banana Republic.

    This is like Tony Blair posing with a copy of The Sun.


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    sceptre
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    Originally posted by Lennoxschips
    This is like Tony Blair posing with a copy of The Sun.
    Anyone willing to photoshop this?
    http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2003/05/06/tube.jpg


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    de5p0i1er
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    Originally posted by mike65
    Whenever a politico is seen at the opening of an envelope I just think could'nt he/she be doing something more important?

    Mike.
    I'm with you on this one. Let Sky pay his wages for the day if hes working for them and not us.


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