Liveline thread 12/08/16 to date

Atlantic Dawn

Do RTÉ have to announce to the media the amount of complaints they get about a show if it reaches so many complaints or is it only disclosed after freedom of information requests?

Hitchens

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Do RTÉ have to announce to the media the amount of complaints they get about a show if it reaches so many complaints or is it only disclosed after freedom of information requests?

Unfortunately, there is no 'freedom' of information in the Land Of The Indoor Barbecue!

ButtersSuki

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Do RTÉ have to announce to the media the amount of complaints they get about a show if it reaches so many complaints or is it only disclosed after freedom of information requests?

Only if it goes to a BAI hearing, then it's disclosed.

Otherwise they are filed here:




If you look carefully you can see my name is printed on one 47 of them.

Expunge

ButtersSuki wrote: »

And again.....the elephant in the room is on the board of the RTÉ Authority, he's the chairman in fact (Tom Savage). Savage is also an owner of and Director of The Communications Clinic (in any other country that would be a conflict of interest that would disqualify you from a role in the state broadcaster but not in Ireland).

Guess who is a client of TCC? The OCI.

Guess who's another? THG (the ticket sellers). Conflict again? Not at all.....

You want to know where the pressure to conduct that call came from? Follow the chain of dominos.....

Sorry Butters, just to clarify that, for nearly 2 years now, the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year and Ernst (Earnest?) & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Moya Doherty is chairman of Raidio Teilifis Stalin.

Red Kev

I've emailed joe@rte.ie setting out a few points about the interview yesterday and that I'd like some time to explain an alternative viewpoint on the interview, namely:

1. Offence was committed in Brazil, not Ireland
2. Pat Hickey isn't "frail", he's fairly tidy for a man of his age, he's well able to jet around the world and press flesh is 35 C of heat and the humidity of Rio, so it's nonsense to paint it as such.
3. Cameras at arrests are common in many countries, especially the USA. Here we had a few dozen reporters waiting outside Seanie Fitz's house for days on end. Again, it's Brazil, not Ireland.
4. General tone of the argument was aggressive, rude and shouty, permanently interrupting. Very unprofessional.
5. No listeners were allowed to interact, this goes against the idea of Liveline. The interview was a personal indulgence on Joe Duffy's part.

But above all, it's
6. Asking (broadly telling) the Inspector that he should have used his gun to remove journalists from the hotel before the arrest. We've a sad record of journalists being threatened and intimidated with guns in this country*, the comment was diabolical in the utmost.

*Veronica Guerin being the most well know, but not the only one.

7. I suggest a poll: "In light of what we know about the case, is Pat Hickey being unfairly treated in Brazil?".


Phone is charged, I'm in Dublin today, so I've full reception bars on the phone, so no excuses RTE.

SEPT 23 1989

surprise surprise

he is missing today

Red Kev

Philip Boucher Hayes on today.

No show like a no show Joe show.


Fcuking Coward !!!

signostic

no Duffy today...surprise, surprise...PBH in

FrKurtFahrt

You'd have to wonder...

pc7

I just came on to see if we knew what the topic would be today, cannot believe (Well I can) that he isn't here! Unreal!!

Red Kev

Red Kev wrote: »

I've emailed joe@rte.ie setting out a few points about the interview yesterday and that I'd like some time to explain an alternative viewpoint on the interview, namely:


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Response is here incidentally:

Out of Office: Interview with Brazilian police officer Thurs 25.08.16‏


Out of Office: Interview with Brazilian police officer Thurs 25.08.16
Joe (joe@rte.ie) Add to contacts 12:54 Keep this message at the top of your inbox
To: Kev......
joe@rte.ie
Thank you for contacting Joe Duffy at Liveline. Because of the large volume of e-mails we are unable to reply to each one individually.If you have not included your telephone numbers on your e-mail and would like to talk to Joe on the show please let us have your contact details.

If you would like to contact the office, the direct lines are 01-2082984,01-2083263, 01-2082127,01-2083438, 01-2083196 .

It is not always possible to use every story but if we are in a position to do so , we will call you back.

Thank you for your interest in the show.

Should you wish to make a formal complaint under a section of the Broadcasting Act 2009, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland codes or RTE guidelines, this should be done, in writing, directlyt to complaints@rte.ie , or

RTE Complaints, 3rd floor, Admin building ,RTE,Donnybrook,Dublin4 .

Further information on the RTE complaints process may be found on the RTE website.

Owryan

Just for fun, tweeted @rteradio1 asking was this a preplanned absence or was it in response to yesterday's on air bullying.

Atlantic Dawn

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

surprise surprise

he is missing today

The gutless fook :mad:

Oops69

Hopefully Joe will spare us a Peter BArry love -in today .

Brian Scan

Red Kev wrote: »

I've emailed joe@rte.ie setting out a few points about the interview yesterday and that I'd like some time to explain an alternative viewpoint on the interview, namely:

1. Offence was committed in Brazil, not Ireland
2. Pat Hickey isn't "frail", he's fairly tidy for a man of his age, he's well able to jet around the world and press flesh is 35 C of heat and the humidity of Rio, so it's nonsense to paint it as such.
3. Cameras at arrests are common in many countries, especially the USA. Here we had a few dozen reporters waiting outside Seanie Fitz's house for days on end. Again, it's Brazil, not Ireland.
4. General tone of the argument was aggressive, rude and shouty, permanently interrupting. Very unprofessional.
5. No listeners were allowed to interact, this goes against the idea of Liveline. The interview was a personal indulgence on Joe Duffy's part.

But above all, it's
6. Asking (broadly telling) the Inspector that he should have used his gun to remove journalists from the hotel before the arrest. We've a sad record of journalists being threatened and intimidated with guns in this country*, the comment was diabolical in the utmost.

*Veronica Guerin being the most well know, but not the only one.

7. I suggest a poll: "In light of what we know about the case, is Pat Hickey being unfairly treated in Brazil?".


Phone is charged, I'm in Dublin today, so I've full reception bars on the phone, so no excuses RTE.

I'm afraid my own email to the programme yesterday was rather less measured.



Is Joe Duffy advocating that the commissioner should have turned his gun on the camera crews?
What a tool.

Owryan

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Is Joe Duffy advocating that the commissioner should have turned his gun on the camera crews?
What a tool.[/quote]

Yep. Remember when he nearly burst out of his nipple clamps when Willy oDea pointed a pistol at some journalists a few years ago?

Like sooo many other examples herr Joe's position on something changes depending on his mood.

Dan Jaman

PBH today? Anything's better than FF, for which I nearly didn't bother tuning in.

CarrickMcJoe

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

The gutless fook :mad:

He could be in Rio negotiating the release of the Olympic one..

pc7

Owryan wrote: »

Just for fun, tweeted @rteradio1 asking was this a preplanned absence or was it in response to yesterday's on air bullying.

I'm not on the twitter machine so do let us know if you get a reply

PeterTheNinth

Is it a Funny Friday today, after Mannix Monday, and TalkOverThePoliceman Thursday?

Atlantic Dawn

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

He could be in Rio negotiating the release of the Olympic one..

He would if there was fees involved.

Mike Guide 69

Red Kev wrote: »

Philip Boucher Hayes on today.

No show like a no show Joe show.


Fcuking Coward !!!

What did i tell ya yesterday, Joe does a classic duck and cover, typical, ffs!!!!

Atlantic Dawn

Now this is a proper topic.

somesoldiers

On The Buses

2smiggy

story's about the school bus , what a let down :(

PeterTheNinth

I think one of the core points that Joe missed about the arrest was the fact that the whole commotion / urgency / discommoding was certainly ramped up by the fact that Mr Hickey's wife told the policemen that Pat Hickey had left the country.

Dan Jaman

No chile left behind - unless they've been already mutilated by a ceiling fan.

bigroad

That Rio policeman should never have come on the radio to shouted at by that fat turd.

PeterTheNinth

Nothing to see here folks. Yesterday's interview never happened.

Atlantic Dawn

If you build a house in the middle of the countryside it should be a condition of planning that you have a car to bring your kids to the nearest major town to get the schoolbus from there.