Marc Coleman on Coleman at Large - Most biased presenter around?

dulpit

So I don't really listen to Coleman at Large, but I do hear it from time to time (Newstalk is normally tuned into my radio, so I hear it when driving).

I was listening last night for maybe 15 minutes, and I noticed that Marc Coleman, the presenter, is utterly biased in the sense that his opinion is correct, and he belittles and talks over anyone who disagrees.

While this is fair enough, I suppose it is his show, it was ridiculous last night. They were discussing the famine, he mentioned that some people would view it as genocide on the part of the British. There were 3 (I think) guests on who roundly opposed that view, stating no serious historian has ever come to that conclusion, and Marc Coleman basically ignored them and shouted them down.

This isn't the first time I've heard this, he's awful. Surely I can't be the first person to notice this?

SEPT 23 1989

Cannot stand that program and the presenters far right Catholic viewpoint

mike65

Coleman could be on Fox News (Ireland) if we had such a channel. Terrible as a presenter, its one thing to hold an opinion a la Eamon Dunphy but one has to be willing to chair a discussion not use the mic as your own megaphone.

dulpit

Oh thank Christ I'm not alone...

Temaz

I tuned out from his show when he proclaimed

'Thank GOD for Fox News'

GSF

I had the joy (?) of being at college with him. He was much the same back then. :mad:

mike65

That must be a bit weird. C'mon dish the dirt! :pac:

For Forks Sake

I find him to be utterly insufferable. Also why does he keep Bill Tormey in the corner of the studio as some sort of performing chimp all the time?

Let us also not forget that Coleman was also responsible for this nonsense: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Yet-Come-Marc-Coleman/dp/1842181424

ballsymchugh

most biased presenter around......

hmmmm.....

it's toss of a coin between himself and dil "you're a racist homophobe bigot if you don't agree with me" wickremasinghe

yosser hughes

I heard that show.He embarassed himself basically which is a regular occurence, He's not to be taken seriously.What amazes me is that Newstalk see him as a fit person to present a show.I think they are seriously lacking in judgement here. He's a crank with an inflated idea of his own intelligence.

delta_bravo

I can't listen to it due to his constant spluttering and clearing his throat. I don't know if it's a habit or medical but either I don't know how he Is regarded as fit to present. A chat show host on telly would never get hired if they were like that

dulpit

delta_bravo wrote: »

I can't listen to it due to his constant spluttering and clearing his throat. I don't know if it's a habit or medical but either I don't know how he Is regarded as fit to present. A chat show host on telly would never get hired if they were like that

Oh ya, that is annoying too...

RadioRetro

My brotjher related his getting all emotional a couple of weeks back after the latest round of redundancies at NT and he went into a rant where he let slip the F word.

The show suddenly went to an ad break and when they came back he apologised profusely.

Firetrap

It's a shame that Newstalk axed the late night current affairs show that it used to have and in time, replaced it with this muck. Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I prefer my presenters to keep their opinions to themselves and let us make up our own minds after hearing what their guests have to say.

Lapin

dulpit wrote: »

I was listening last night for maybe 15 minutes, and I noticed that Marc Coleman, the presenter, is utterly biased in the sense that his opinion is correct, and he belittles and talks over anyone who disagrees..................

Surely I can't be the first person to notice this?

You're not.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056295348

Grolschevik

GSF wrote: »

I had the joy (?) of being at college with him. He was much the same back then. :mad:

Me too!