Liveline Thread 27/03/14 to date

Hitchens

Who needs SKY Sports

michael999999

withless wrote: »

Ok.

So the only people who have it worse than the GAA, old people, country people, publicans, taxi drivers and the nurses are the teachers.

You have to love the old people being wheeled out and used to forward any argument.

Smoking ban: driving the old people from the pubs and there only social outlet moriya.

Sky sports GAA: driving the old people to pubs to watch a match moriya!

You can't bleedin win!

Lapin

RTÉ receiving a backlash of criticism now from the GAA and other quarters over their coverage of the SKY deal. I'm not surprised following today's overtly biased Liveline and last night's Six-One News and Prime Time.


They've even just sent an email to the lads on Off the Ball on Newstalk defending their angle on coverage of the deal.

Reminded me of a child having to explain why they threw a strop when they were asked to share their sweets.

ThisRegard

I had a little chuckle when I read one of their reasons for them insisting they covered it fairly was because they were mandated to be fair and impartial. That memo still hasn't reached Duffy Towers.

So did RTE email Off the Ball about it?

Lapin

ThisRegard wrote: »

I had a little chuckle when I read one of their reasons for them insisting they covered it fairly was because they were mandated to be fair and impartial. That memo still hasn't reached Duffy Towers.

So did RTE email Off the Ball about it?

Yep. The lads on OTB were having a laugh saying the the best argument RTÉ could find against the deal was that it encouraged families to bring their kids to pubs. Miriam used this ploy three times on Prime Time last night alone.

The masters of Montrose weren't happy with the attitude of the jumped up little scamps down in Marconi House and lobbed a defensively worded email their way.

Did they really think the OTB lads were going to read it and feel suitably chastened by it and say nothing?

ThisRegard

An article about Duffy and RTEs in general reaction to the Sky thing

Host Joe Duffy didn't comment, but then he was busy traffic-managing the callers who wanted to drive all the way to Croke Park to vent their anger. It got tedious quite quickly, but Duffy appeared content to continue waving indignant callers around the same roundabout again and again.

They don't need RTE, complete with its transparent self-interest, whipping them up as has happened so shamefully over the last two days.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/selfinterest-behind-rtes-lack-of-balance-on-live-issue-30151298.html

Hitchens

ThisRegard wrote: »

An article about Duffy and RTEs in general reaction to the Sky thing





http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/selfinterest-behind-rtes-lack-of-balance-on-live-issue-30151298.html

Well done Martin Breheny, but the cheek of him referring to Mein Fuhrer as 'Duffy' :pac:

fryup

some people say that the GAA brings out the best in the irish

i beg to differ....I think the GAA as an organisation breeds insular parochial narrow mindedness and i hate it

JM Skipton

Liveline was an absolute joke yesterday, one of the most unbalanced shows I have ever heard (and that is saying something for liveline).
As a person heavily involved in the GAA at club level none of the callers reflected my view and Duffy didn't even attempt to put the other side of the story as it didn't suit the RTE agenda. Usually I take a very lighthearted view of Liveline but yesterday made my blood boil as various callers threw in their opinions which were often treated as fact and with no interrogation from the host. It was like listening to Radio North Korea where all the callers were ringing the host Kim Young Un to complain about how awful a country the USA is.

ThisRegard

Nope, you're wrong JM, sure RTE themselves said that

As the national public service media organisation, RTÉ is statutorily obliged to be fair, impartial and balanced. RTÉ is satisfied that its coverage on the GAA’s media rights announcement was balanced and fair across all platforms and gave ample opportunity to all sides to air their views

So there couldn't have been any biased or impartial coverage on the de liveline yesterday.

neris

ThisRegard wrote: »

An article about Duffy and RTEs in general reaction to the Sky thing





http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/selfinterest-behind-rtes-lack-of-balance-on-live-issue-30151298.html

didnt see that article till now but i did send duffy and rte a tweet earlier asking if theyd balance up with a pro sky show today. still waiting for a reply but it is only early :rolleyes:

JM Skipton

ThisRegard wrote: »

Nope, you're wrong JM, sure RTE themselves said that



So there couldn't have been an biased or impartial coverage on the de liveline yesterday.

Thanks for that....it's calmed me down:rolleyes:

First Up

ThisRegard wrote: »

Nope, you're wrong JM, sure RTE themselves said that



So there couldn't have been an biased or impartial coverage on the de liveline yesterday.

The programme was dreadful but unless people were phoning in to give the other side of the story, you can't blame RTE for reflecting the views of the callers it was getting.

Of course if they were getting such calls and chose not to put them on air.....

JM Skipton

First Up wrote: »

The programme was dreadful but unless people were phoning in to give the other side of the story, you can't blame RTE for reflecting the views of the callers it was getting.

Of course if they were getting such calls and chose not to put them on air.....

The days of people phoning in are long gone,

ThisRegard

First Up wrote: »

The programme was dreadful but unless people were phoning in to give the other side of the story, you can't blame RTE for reflecting the views of the callers it was getting.

I like your naivety

There was one particular caller that opposed Joes view and Joe made a muttering comment at him and promptly cut him off. If you're a regular listener you'll know by now that this is Joes style when it comes to opposing views to himself.


And in (champagne) Socialist Joe Shows, Joe rings you.

First Up

JM Skipton wrote: »

The days of people phoning in are long gone,

Not always so, I know people who have called in and got on air (not on this subject.)

I assume all these shows start off with a few pre-arranged callers and then wait for the reaction. That's the researchers' job. It is only a problem if the thing is set up to just reflect one side.

I didn't listen to all of it (who could?) but I got a few chuckles out of it.

neris

so todays its the poor publicans turn to give out about sky and why is stena line €1 cheaper then irish ferries

neris

so joes now trying to get a link to paddy power and sky

Hitchens

Someone contacted de Lahvline............nice change

sudzs

Gambling/alcohol addict alert!!!

shockwave

Another one sided show today.

SEPT 23 1989

i take it this chap is marked under recovering gambler in Joes rolodex

neris

recovering alcholic/gambler another 1 for the bingo card

snubbleste

Sky Sky Sky Sky

Hitchens

Wtf is nearly always Duffy arselickers that ring up da Lahvline? :rolleyes:

Dargull

I wanna see Joe link Sky to the porno GAA player that's in the news today.

SEPT 23 1989

is it now mandatory to drink and gamble while you watch sport??????

CountyHurler

Offer the first caller a pint to cheer him up..

She does have a choice whether or not to pay Sky or not.. She has no choice whether she wants to pay Joe Duffy 250k a year..

sudzs

Dargull wrote: »

I wanna see Joe link Sky to the porno GAA player that's in the news today.

huh???

Hitchens

Why does she HAVE to have SKY.?

snubbleste

sudzs wrote: »

huh???

signostic

Dargull wrote: »

I wanna see Joe link Sky to the porno GAA player that's in the news today.

linky
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gaa-star-subjected-to-homophobic-abuse-after-alleged-appearance-in-gay-adult-video-30151103.html

sudzs

snubbleste wrote: »

Well holy god!!!

snubbleste

sudzs wrote: »

Well holy god!!!

I know!

signostic

snubbleste wrote: »

I know!

and hurler Greg

withless

Hopefully a priest or a nun will ring in today.

ThisRegard

Here's the one token pro Sky caller of the day.

CountyHurler

snubbleste wrote: »

Courtney Cox is getting married again.. That's a disgrace.. :pac:

JM Skipton

At last a sensible caller, Joe won't want to hear of it

SEPT 23 1989

all the money is "pushed upstairs"

like the mafia

neris

JM Skipton wrote: »

At last a sensible caller, Joe won't want to hear of it

this is joes idea of balance.

Hitchens

The filter is clogged:)

CountyHurler

"I dont have any facts to hand"..

That's the mission statement of the average Liveline caller..

signostic

he does not have any facts.... strange that for a lavlahn caller...

curioser

tHE BACKGROUND TEAM EARNING ITS OATS NOW - FEEDING THE QUESTIONS INTO J'S EAR

withless

I'm getting bored over here. Dump these callers.

Popescu

The GAA management have treated small clubs with contempt by putting their games behind a paywall. Kids sell tickets and local clubs pay fees to the GAA management and get nothing in return.

neris

signostic wrote: »

he does not have any facts.... strange that for a lavlahn caller...

its not strange its just strange that the caller admitted they dont have facts

CountyHurler

I dont agree with what the GAA are doing
AND MY SON IS A COUNTY FOOTBALLER

DuckHook

My son is on the county panel brag.... oran and bridie.

Of course its about money, somebody told me today that these matches will only be available to the Uk and ireland markets.