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Gay Mitchell gives Mary Wilson a roasting.

  • 27-02-2009 7:18pm
    #1
    JonathanAnon
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    Just listening to DriveTime there. Mary Wilson threw a weighted question to Gay Mitchell, he lost the head with her and started asking her how much she earned. She wasnt expecting that.....


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  • #2
    mike65
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    Heh! Heard that and no she wasn't ready for it was she?

    I could understand Mitchells annoyance to a degree, the Montrose Marquee names are very well paid and some have shown themselves distinctly selfish.


  • #3
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Just listening to DriveTime there. Mary Wilson threw a weighted question to Gay Mitchell, he lost the head with her and started asking her how much she earned. She wasnt expecting that.....

    Fair play Gaybo! Unlike some of the RTE biggies, politicians pay is in the public domain and is there to be seen so it's just desserts she got stung.


  • #4
    Fulton Crown
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,493 ✭✭✭Fulton Crown


    Yeah ..Mitchell was distinctly annoyed...went front in to Wilson..who attempted to diffuse the situation...The Mitch was having none of it an got i n a few heavy hits to the schoolmarms gusset.

    Go the Mitch.!!!.pity a few of the Rulers would not display similar spunk.


  • #5
    EKRIUQ
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    I just saw the title and hoped for more:(


  • #6
    coopersgreen
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    EKRIUQ wrote: »
    I just saw the title and hoped for more:(

    Lucky for Mary Wilson Gay Mitchell isn't a Premiership footballer.


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  • #7
    fricatus
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    I heard this on Friday evening, and by golly he gave her a lashing. I'm not usually one to stand up for politicians, but I'm tired of RTE presenters who always have to get the cynical dig in at every question, and Mary Wilson is high up there among them.

    Funny that it didn't find its way onto Playback on Saturday morning. It was certainly my standout radio highlight of the week... or could RTE - shock! horror! - be protecting its own?


  • #8
    Koloman
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    Fair play to Mitchell!


  • #9
    ateam
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    She asked him how much he would be giving up. Seemed like a simple and fair question to ask. She was just doing her job.

    He seems to be a very irritable man whenever he's interviewed.


  • #10
    FlutterinBantam
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    ateam wrote: »
    She asked him how much he would be giving up. Seemed like a simple and fair question to ask. She was just doing her job.

    He seems to be a very irritable man whenever he's interviewed.

    Indeed she was,but in these times, discerning people are getting more and more irritated by grossly overpaid presenters in RTE,asking questions like that,especially when their taxes are keeping them there.

    I would be quite irritable myself if in the same position as Mr Mitchell,and that is not my nature:cool:


  • #11
    JonathanAnon
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    ateam wrote: »
    She asked him how much he would be giving up. Seemed like a simple and fair question to ask. She was just doing her job.
    He seems to be a very irritable man whenever he's interviewed.

    He seemed to feel that she was portraying it as a cynical gesture, or as opportunist, and I got that impression from her intro to the subject as well. She should have said what she was being paid, it's in the public domain for anybody who wishes to find out about it anyway. Takes from her credibility that she wouldnt answer it.


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  • #12
    ateam
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    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    He seemed to feel that she was portraying it as a cynical gesture, or as opportunist, and I got that impression from her intro to the subject as well. She should have said what she was being paid, it's in the public domain for anybody who wishes to find out about it anyway. Takes from her credibility that she wouldnt answer it.

    He's frequently annoyed with radio presenters whenever he's interviewed. This wasn't an isolated incident. He needs to calm down a bit and realise that journalists do need to ask questions despite their earnings.


  • #13
    is_that_so
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    Missed this one however I reckon Mary Wilson is a reporter trying to be a presenter, a bit like the long-winded Richard Downes on Morning Ireland. I find her irksome at best and really miss the real talent that is Rachael English, on Drivetime. Wilson hasn't learnt to hold her tongue and regularly cuts across even mild-mannered interviewees. Very few can skewer interviewees effectively in the way Olivia O'Leary used to do or Paxman, Sean O'Rourke or Miriam O'Callaghan can and she ain't one of them.


  • #14
    Echelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭Echelle


    Rachel English, Aine Lawlor, Olivia O Leary are serious, intelligent and interesting broadcasters.Mary Wilson is dull as ditchwater in comparison.I find her interviewing technique tedious predictable and whats more ,she has no charm whatsoever.


  • #15
    Latchy
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    Why whenever i see the name Mary Wilson in a thread do I think of a former Supreme ?

    Oooooooooo .....oooooh ooooh .....baby love .....my baby love .....;)





    no offence otherwise to a political topic


  • #16
    neantog
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭neantog


    Echelle wrote: »
    Aine Lawlor, Olivia O Leary are serious, intelligent and interesting broadcasters.Mary Wilson is dull as ditchwater in comparison.I find her interviewing technique tedious predictable and whats more ,she has no charm whatsoever.
    I listened to Mary Wilson on Drivetime for a few minutes today Thursday 26th March 2009. The experience gave me indigestion. The quality of discussion on RTE about the recession is generally not good but I find Wilson more arrogant, right wing, and intolerant, than other news/current affairs presenters on RTE radio.


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