Newstalk Megathread

delaad

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Dont think that was intended as a subtle comment. More of a running gag - Ivan has been on about Kenny's luxurious dressing room etc since he started.

That's what you get with Ivan, a bit of irreverence. Would you prefer to have him reading out news extracts and tweets, and still managing to muddle and mess up that simple task, as Chris does?

I am a big fan of Ivan's but having said that his comments yesterday on the Thomas Byrne case (pretending not to know that there was a Law Society compensation scheme for fraud cases or how it works) were really disingenuous. Sounded like some tabloid type producer told him that was the official programme line for the morning and he was to stick to it and hopefully provoke a lot of outraged 30c texts to the show or whatever.

Now if it had been Chris talking such uninformed cr*p I would have taken him at face value as he clearly hasn't a clue

You have to hand it to him, though. Some of his "misspeaks" are almost brilliant in their inanity. I'ld swear this morning he mentioned
some event or other that happened "in February of last week"

Imhof Tank

Ivan nearly dissolved in giggles this morning slagging Chris's twitter updates.

I couldn't quite understand what was so different to the usual stuff he mocks him about - the gist seemed to be that Chris tweets in the most boring detail possible what he's doing every 5 minutes yet he has zero followers, zero, nil, nobody at all???

nicedryturf

delaad wrote: »

I'ld swear this morning he mentioned
some event or other that happened "in February of last week"

Correctamundo, he did indeed.

delaad

nicedryturf wrote: »

Correctamundo, he did indeed.

Thanks nicedry. Your confirmation deserves a Coola Boola

Harry Angstrom

Sounds like Chris and Ivan are a bit dubious about the slavery story. They're like a couple of detectives.

ThisRegard

Listening to the Friday review now, come back Friday quiz. Who ever thought Roddy Collins is a good person to have an opinion on anything other than soccer ?

Mumha

mud_guard wrote: »

I noticed he was an ubber populist bandwagon jumper ages ago , he,s like this generations joe duffy only he masks it with faux intellectualism , their is nothing to healy at all

dreadful broadcaster

he also must have members of AGS in his immediate family , he,s a bigger AGS shill than paul Williams, he was the only journalist in the entire country who seemed to back the guards that time they tried to stitch up clare daly

Healy is an appalling broadcaster (and a FFer), I wonder did he cut his teeth at the Sun ?

kneemos

ThisRegard wrote: »

Listening to the Friday review now, come back Friday quiz. Who ever thought Roddy Collins is a good person to have an opinion on anything other than soccer ?

Roddy is an old regular.
No idea why.

ThisRegard

Yeah, I know he's been a regular, but this morning he was just full of nonsense, more so than usual.

neris

Tiler Durden wrote: »

Correct. They're still running an ad. with some gobshite congratulating Pat Kenny on "making the right move".

thats aubrey from some removal company somehow I dont think hes ever mentioned the name of the company :rolleyes: he used to be a regular on liveline

paul0103

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Sounds like Chris and Ivan are a bit dubious about the slavery story. They're like a couple of detectives.

Chris has a raging clue!

L1011

Mumha wrote: »

Healy is an appalling broadcaster (and a FFer), I wonder did he cut his teeth at the Sun ?

Sky News Ireland, so SunTV.

mjv2ydratu679c

ThisRegard wrote: »

Listening to the Friday review now, come back Friday quiz. Who ever thought Roddy Collins is a good person to have an opinion on anything other than soccer ?

eh his opinions on soccer ain't great either - pure bluffer

Wilberto

Mumha wrote: »

Healy is an appalling broadcaster (and a FFer), I wonder did he cut his teeth at the Sun ?

Did he actually have a 'journalist' from The Star on yesterday. I didn't actually hear the interview but when I heard that Healy was having someone on the show from that shower I just thought it said a lot about where he's bringing the show, i.e. into the bathroom.

constitutionus

god i'd pay good money to have someone come on newstalk and say

"what did JFKs death mean to me"

"Funk all , i wasnt even born ! like MOST of the country"

theres some gobdaw going on now about how it affected him as a 5 year old!

truely the medias dissappeared up its own arse.

Grolschevik

delaad wrote: »

You have to hand it to him, though. Some of his "misspeaks" are almost brilliant in their inanity. I'ld swear this morning he mentioned
some event or other that happened "in February of last week"

Couple of days back he said "we will be talking to Joan Burton [I think it was] in a little while ago".

mjv2ydratu679c

constitutionus wrote: »

truely the medias dissappeared up its own arse.

Jonathon Healy can see his kidneys by now

McDave

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't stand her. I can feel my blood pressure rising when she says 'Nooztalk.'

Not to mention Uncle Gaybo's dreaded soft Ts!

The irony is so many Irish people have great radio voices. But since the late 90s trendy meeja and adland types have felt the need to foist irritating, shouty AA Roadwatch ciphers on the rest of us.

take everything

Pat Carey on The Sunday Show.
Nice to see the FFers raising their heads above the parapet again.
Hanafin on Marian Finucane a few weeks ago.
I even read Mary Coughlan might be making a comeback.

Jesus wept.

michael999999

take everything wrote: »

Pat Carey on The Sunday Show.
Nice to see the FFers raising their heads above the parapet again.
Hanafin on Marian Finucane a few weeks ago.
I even read Mary Coughlan might be making a comeback.

Jesus wept.

You can add john o donoghue and tom mc ellistrim running in Kerry again!

The rats nest has really been shaken up!

Imhof Tank

Chris talking about the fiscal advisory council "think thank" on Friday

wnolan1992

NEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSS!

MadYaker

David Norris is an awful twat.

Typer Monkey

wnolan1992 wrote: »

NEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSS!

What?? Is that meant to mean the people contributing here are nerds cos they listen to Newstalk? Actually, coming from a Ray Foley fan-boy that's actually a compliment

wnolan1992

Typer Monkey wrote: »

What?? Is that meant to mean the people contributing here are nerds cos they listen to Newstalk? Actually, coming from a Ray Foley fan-boy that's actually a compliment

No, it was posted while they were playing a vox-pop at the Star Wars auditions. So relax, I listen to more hours of NT than I do any other station.

Typer Monkey

wnolan1992 wrote: »

No, it was posted while they were playing a vox-pop at the Star Wars auditions. So relax, I listen to more hours of NT than I do any other station.

OK my apologies, a wave of temporary super sensitivity overtook me there.

You may have now insulted some Star Wars fans though

artful_codger

Healy is asking the exact same question to Rabbitte today that he asked Burton yesterday.

"Are you genuinely concerned that the electricity will go off."

Scaremongering crap, only interested in getting a soundbite rather than probing the interviewee. He's like Bart Simpson in The PTA Disbands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP_pDXBOSBI

Typer Monkey

That was a very touching interview with the woman who was part of the Lebensborn children in Nazi Germany. I just can't imagine having your baby removed from you against your will. Great to hear her life got better after 3 years old and that she's happy now

mike65

artful_codger wrote: »

Healy is asking the exact same question to Rabbitte today that he asked Burton yesterday.

"Are you genuinely concerned that the electricity will go off."

Scaremongering crap, only interested in getting a soundbite rather than probing the interviewee. He's like Bart Simpson in The PTA Disbands.

Healy should be flame grilling that ****er Brendan Ogle.

Lapin

Did Paulo leave the studio door open ater him when he came in.

Lot of noise in the background,

ballsymchugh

mary mcevoy must have moved into that corner of newstalk where fionn davenport used to be.

wnolan1992

Caught Tom Dunne's show there the other night. Great stuff indeed. He seems to be back doing what he does best (i.e playing and talking about music). Must try and listen in more regularly.

kneemos

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Caught Tom Dunne's show there the other night. Great stuff indeed. He seems to be back doing what he does best (i.e playing and talking about music). Must try and listen in more regularly.

His Pet Sounds show was legendary back in the day.
Can't understand RTE or Today FM not snapping him up for a similar show.

Harry Angstrom

He's back in his comfort zone again. The times I've listened to it, I've enjoyed it. He's not suited to morning radio. His attempts at tackling "controversial" topics were embarrassing.

Frankie Lee

kneemos wrote: »

His Pet Sounds show was legendary back in the day.
Can't understand RTE or Today FM not snapping him up for a similar show.

McCloone is better even if ratings aren't great.

Robert2012

8.30am, and already I am "Mandela-ed out" by the coverage on NT .

kneemos

Robert2012 wrote: »

8.30am, and already I am "Mandela-ed out" by the coverage on NT .

It's normally not that difficult to avoid the coverage when someone dies,this one I feel is going to be a challenge.

neris

Robert2012 wrote: »

8.30am, and already I am "Mandela-ed out" by the coverage on NT .

And this is only day 1. Im the same be making sure to have the ipod on me at all times for the next week

Mr Pseudonym

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Tiler Durden

Woh.

Tough crowd.

Wilberto

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Don't mince your words there whatever you do!

Splinter

Folks,

lets keep this civil. Please read the forum charter. Personal abuse of presenters will not be tolerated

Splinter

Robdundalk

Somebody let Tara Duggan back on the Right Hook... I nearly crashed the car...

jimmyw

Tara D seems to have a similar ailment as Fionn D has, an air of big notions?

Another thing, what a strange thing for Barry Kenny to say how he finds it "weird"? for anyone to like tea? What a stupid thing to say, clown.

CountyHurler

Robdundalk wrote: »

Somebody let Tara Duggan back on the Right Hook... I nearly crashed the car...

On hearing her domineering tones, I drove the car straight at the nearest wall..

Harry Angstrom

Tara Duggan should stick to what she does best - reading the news from a broom cupboard.
As for Barry Kenny, maybe if he stuck to the job for which he's paid handsomely by the taxpayer, we might all be a lot better off.

MJ23

Twink on Nora Casey show here now. She's unbearable.

McDave

MJ23 wrote: »

Twink on Nora Casey show here now. She's unbearable.

Which one?

I would have thought both!

neris

the business show every morning takes a break just before 7am for the presenter to come back after the break and tell everyone he,ll be back at 730 and the breakfast show is up next. A pointless ad break that they could scrap and keep teh show going

brooke 2

kneemos wrote: »

Roddy is an old regular.
No idea why.

He pops up everywhere. Even on Ireland AM with Anton Savage
recently. He has the most unattractive voice. Find it very difficult
to listen to him! But he does look better than he sounds!!