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RTE news

  • 22-03-2009 12:08pm
    #1
    Echelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭


    Why is the RTE news ( rte radio) saying Bernard Dunne the boxer is Irish Born as opposed to being Irish? Heard this on two news headlines this morning.
    although I am not a boxing fan, i have huge respect for Dunne. What a great little philosopher he is.


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  • #2
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    He was born in Ireland as opposed to just boxing for Ireland and being from another country.


  • #3
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,768 ✭✭✭GSF


    You assume RTE have some standard style guide in the newsroom as opposed to making it up as they go along.


  • #4
    Coillte_Bhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,909 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    He was born in Ireland as opposed to just boxing for Ireland and being from another country.

    Eh??? Professional boxers don't box for a particular conutry anyway.


  • #5
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Not a week goes by where I don't hear some little anomoly on RTE, just a few weeks ago the 'Ulster Hall' in belfast was being reopened after extensive conservation/restoration work, the RTE news reader stated that "After many years work, and many thousands of pounds spent, the shutters were finally coming down on the Ulster Hall" :)


  • #6
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,592 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »
    Eh??? Professional boxers don't box for a particular conutry anyway.

    True, but most usually make it clear which country they say they're from - and we've also had granny-rule'rs for the olympics amateur boxing in the past and theres quite a few people who can't tell the difference!


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  • #7
    mrsdewinter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭mrsdewinter


    MYOB wrote: »
    True, but most usually make it clear which country they say they're from - and we've also had granny-rule'rs for the olympics amateur boxing in the past and theres quite a few people who can't tell the difference!

    But I think the general rule in reporting is: Don't confuse the reader or listener. If you throw in something like 'Irish-born' it implies that his allegiance is to another nation....

    As used in this context - where Dunne was born in Ireland, lives here, pays his taxes here, and raises his family here - it's just a nonsense affectation.


  • #8
    Fulton Crown
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,493 ✭✭✭Fulton Crown


    MYOB wrote: »
    True, but most usually make it clear which country they say they're from - and we've also had granny-rule'rs for the olympics amateur boxing in the past and theres quite a few people who can't tell the difference!

    Back up that statement pal......names por favor ?


  • #9
    raven136
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭raven136


    Fulton Crown wrote: »
    Back up that statement pal......names por favor ?

    andy lee,born in england,fought for ireland in the olympics


  • #10
    georgycomerford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭georgycomerford


    raven136 wrote: »
    andy lee,born in england,fought for ireland in the olympics

    ridiculous to describe Andy Lee as a 'granny-ruler'. His parents are both Irish and he has lived in Ireland since his early teens.


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