The Last Word

PhoneMain · 16-09-2019 10:34am

Adam Teeny Munchies wrote: »

he'd only leave if his contract was reduced in pay, which i could see them doing, they seem to begetting rid of the bigger contracts/cutting costs...and then they go with a cheaper option, probably Susan Keogh, (but imagine Roe or Gannon got it.....it would tank)

It'd be terrible with Susan Keogh. She has the charisma of a flat pancake. Ditto Gavin Reilly.

tomasflaherty · 16-09-2019 12:27pm

PhoneMain wrote: »

It'd be terrible with Susan Keogh. She has the charisma of a flat pancake. Ditto Gavin Reilly.

Susan Keogh has the same anti men feminist sh1te as the other two clowns Roe and Mcdermott. Every news item she ever had contained sjw rubbish. Bit tired of it now
Gavin Reilly at least knows what he is on about and doesnt have a men hating agenda

jimmyw · 16-09-2019 4:18pm

The broadcasters on some of the stations here are too boring, afraid of someone who dares to have a different opinion as everyone else,"feckbook" for instance.

I gave up listening to this show, it's totally stale now.... Thank feck for Ivan!!.

BPKS · 16-09-2019 5:43pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Jennifer gannons twin ( roe mc dermot is on today)

Surprise surprise she was delighted that Fireman Sam was "sacked" as a mascot for some UK fire service and replaced with gender neutral fire extinguisher mascots.

Its called evolution apparently.

16-09-2019 6:20pm

BPKS wrote: »

Surprise surprise she was delighted that Fireman Sam was "sacked" as a mascot for some UK fire service and replaced with gender neutral fire extinguisher mascots.

Its called evolution apparently.

What would you expect from a privileged first world feminist ?

These are the important issues they are fighting for !

Mad_maxx · 16-09-2019 9:45pm

tomasflaherty wrote: »

PhoneMain wrote: »

It'd be terrible with Susan Keogh. She has the charisma of a flat pancake. Ditto Gavin Reilly.

Susan Keogh has the same anti men feminist sh1te as the other two clowns Roe and Mcdermott. Every news item she ever had contained sjw rubbish. Bit tired of it now
Gavin Reilly at least knows what he is on about and doesnt have a men hating agenda

Gavin reilly is tolerable but he's a rock solid Liberal all the same, not Cudlihy or o donoghue level but resolutely PC

Mad_maxx · 16-09-2019 9:47pm

5555555555 wrote: »

BPKS wrote: »

Surprise surprise she was delighted that Fireman Sam was "sacked" as a mascot for some UK fire service and replaced with gender neutral fire extinguisher mascots.

Its called evolution apparently.

What would you expect from a privileged first world feminist ?

These are the important issues they are fighting for !

It's her Vietnam

Ursus Horribilis · 16-09-2019 10:49pm

BPKS wrote: »

Surprise surprise she was delighted that Fireman Sam was "sacked" as a mascot for some UK fire service and replaced with gender neutral fire extinguisher mascots.

It's called evolution apparently.

Have none of these silly moos ever heard the story of "The boy who cried wolf"? Bleating on about how Fireman Sam isn't inclusive or equally inane rubbish like that simply results in people not listening to them. If I met someone who told me they supported Fireman Sam's sacking, I wouldn't trust them to tell me what the weather was like outside. Jumping on these ridiculous bandwagons also cheapens the serious issues that still face women worldwide. Why don't they go to Africa and try to help child brides, campaign against Female Genital Mutilation or to help manufacture cheap sanitation towels so that teenage girls can stay in education in these countries? No, it's easier to bang on about something that's on Netflix or Twitter and doesn't involve them leaving their sofas.

Mad_maxx · 16-09-2019 10:54pm

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

BPKS wrote: »

Surprise surprise she was delighted that Fireman Sam was "sacked" as a mascot for some UK fire service and replaced with gender neutral fire extinguisher mascots.

It's called evolution apparently.

Have none of these silly moos ever heard the story of "The boy who cried wolf"? Bleating on about how Fireman Sam isn't inclusive or equally inane rubbish like that simply results in people not listening to them. If I met someone who told me they supported Fireman Sam's sacking, I wouldn't trust them to tell me what the weather was like outside. Jumping on these ridiculous bandwagons also cheapens the serious issues that still face women worldwide. Why don't they go to Africa and try to help child brides, campaign against Female Genital Mutilation or to help manufacture cheap sanitation towels so that teenage girls can stay in education in these countries? No, it's easier to bang on about something that's on Netflix or Twitter and doesn't involve them leaving their sofas.

Political correctness culture is all about sounding good, doing good is an optional afterthought

NIMAN · 17-09-2019 2:17am

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Political correctness culture is all about sounding good, doing good is an optional afterthought

Exactly.

Two other perfect examples
"won't something think of the poor migrants", but in effect this becomes "they better not be located in my town"

and

"we have to change our ways or else the planet is going to die", means "no way am I starting to walk places, feck that I'm paying good money for a car. And I'm not paying water charges either"

Talk is cheap.

pjohnson · 17-09-2019 8:05am

This thread is one of the best parts of tge show :pac:

NIMAN · 18-09-2019 12:07am

Another example popped into my head which sums up these folk.

About 10 years ago, I got a caller to my door. It was someone who was campaigning that a transmitter/mast for a mobile phone operator should NOT be allowed to be located on a local hill.

I asked, "do you own a mobile phone?". He said yes.

I Said, "so you want to own a mobile phone but you don't want a mast going up to bring you your signal".

Closed the door on him.

BPKS · 20-09-2019 4:56pm

Matt in his weekly review brushed over the Justin Trudeau brown face/black face photos fairly sharpish.

When Trump sends a stupid tweet it generally gets at least 5 minutes.

Double standards for the PC leftie Canadian me thinks.

Dr_serious2 · 23-09-2019 7:08pm

4 of the last 8 podcasts on the Last Word are about climate change.

PhoneMain · 25-09-2019 10:29am

Dr_serious2 wrote: »

4 of the last 8 podcasts on the Last Word are about climate change.

Anyone know why they never have the Friday evening Last Word on Sport as a podcast? That's the best part of the show!

25-09-2019 11:03am

PhoneMain wrote: »

Anyone know why they never have the Friday evening Last Word on Sport as a podcast? That's the best part of the show!

They think we want to hear Gannon/McDermott pontificating how they’re oppressed and we’re all bad people

padd b1975 · 25-09-2019 2:03pm

Those two music critics make for hard listening, especially the guy.

dominatinMC · 25-09-2019 2:11pm

PhoneMain wrote: »

Anyone know why they never have the Friday evening Last Word on Sport as a podcast? That's the best part of the show!

*the only good part of the show! :pac:

glenfieldman · 25-09-2019 3:13pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Those two music critics make for hard listening, especially the guy.

After he said the Foo Fighters were very samey that was the dead nel for him

NIMAN · 25-09-2019 3:15pm

glenfieldman wrote: »

After he said the Foo Fighters were very samey that was the dead nel for him

He's right. They are.

I find them very shouty too:eek:

glenfieldman · 25-09-2019 3:22pm

NIMAN wrote: »

He's right. They are.

I find them very shouty too:eek:

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 25-09-2019 3:23pm

he's the definition of a music snob. he can sound a bit too angry sometimes, not the light stuff you want on a music slot

CatFromHue · 25-09-2019 9:09pm

The way he used to treat Nadine O'Reagan was terrible, and yeah he's a complete my music is better than your music so you're stupid type person.

JoeA3 · 25-09-2019 11:06pm

Yeah he's hard to listen to, an intimidating sort, you'd be afraid to disagree with his "taste" for fear he'd be sneering down at you from his high horse.

The contributors to that show are broadly awful, barring very odd exceptions. Decent regulars that come to mind are Cal Thomas and the guy who does the motoring slot, Mike Sheridan - he has a nice manner about him.

ButtersSuki · 26-09-2019 10:22am

A very worrying development coming on the back of the now 2year+ Irish Times ban:

https://twitter.com/TheCurrency_/status/1176886951800115202?s=20

Here's the offending topic, a great read.
https://www.thecurrency.news/articles/757/leveraging-full-surrender-the-real-story-of-why-the-quinn-family-dropped-their-epic-legal-battle

Congrats and best wishes to Tom Lyons and Ian Kehoe.

BPKS · 26-09-2019 10:28am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

A very worrying development coming on the back of the now 2year+ Irish Times ban:

https://twitter.com/TheCurrency_/status/1176886951800115202?s=20

Here's the offending topic, a great read.
https://www.thecurrency.news/articles/757/leveraging-full-surrender-the-real-story-of-why-the-quinn-family-dropped-their-epic-legal-battle

Congrats and best wishes to Tom Lyons and Ian Kehoe.

I was only half listening in the car yesterday but I thought I heard Matt give The Currency a plug on the show shortly after it started yesterday.

He mentioned some story or other and that it appeared on a new, subscription news website so I assume that was it.

Might lead to Matt getting a hosing down from the boss.

BPKS · 26-09-2019 10:30am

CatFromHue wrote: »

The way he used to treat Nadine O'Reagan was terrible, and yeah he's a complete my music is better than your music so you're stupid type person.

Ye are talking about John (not sure of the spelling) Cladell? Did I hear somewhere that he is the person who is over the music content on Today FM?

Ursus Horribilis · 26-09-2019 11:06am

If the BAI had any balls, they'd take action regarding Communicorp's bans on entire news outlets. Maybe the time has come for all journalists to refuse to go onto the stations.

JoeA3 · 26-09-2019 12:31pm

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

If the BAI had any balls, they'd take action regarding Communicorp's bans on entire news outlets. Maybe the time has come for all journalists to refuse to go onto the stations.

I think most of them have, unless you count the likes of Jennifer Gannon or journal.ie hacks as "journalists".

robo · 26-09-2019 1:47pm

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

If the BAI had any balls, they'd take action regarding Communicorp's bans on entire news outlets. Maybe the time has come for all journalists to refuse to go onto the stations.

Agree - its disgraceful. Matt was mentioning this new start up over the past few months ad said several times that he would have Ian or Tom in to talk about it at the launch. Surely this ban on top of the Irish Times ban is pulling on Matt's journalistic strings and he shoul stand up to this carry on - shouldn't he be allowed to have on who he and the team should want, unless its a legal matter (ie someone on telling us how we can hack accounts or steal etc) The number of journalists that TLW can call on is now narrowing. Imagine if a broadcaster said that someone from the Irish Catholic newspaper (or whatever David Quinn and IONA write for) - they would be ructions saying they were silencing the church etc, why should Communicorp be allowed to "silence" (on their programmes) some of the best investigative journalists?

Rant over

26-09-2019 2:31pm

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

If the BAI had any balls, they'd take action regarding Communicorp's bans on entire news outlets. Maybe the time has come for all journalists to refuse to go onto the stations.

What is the NUJ there for, if not circumstances like this? If I were a journalist and affected by this and was paying union fees I'd be asking myself what's the point?

Ursus Horribilis · 26-09-2019 2:39pm

True.
Are many journalists members of the NUJ?

ButtersSuki · 26-09-2019 4:09pm

JoeA3 wrote: »

I think most of them have, unless you count the likes of Jennifer Gannon or journal.ie hacks as "journalists".

No, I certainly don't and I don't know of anyone who does. It's because of bans like these that we get the likes of Jennifer Gannon.

Ursus Horribilis · 26-09-2019 4:44pm

She's quick to moralise about others. She freelances for the Irish Times, doesn't she? So the people whose work is printed alongside hers are banned but she's happy to take the money.

26-09-2019 6:11pm

BPKS wrote: »

Ye are talking about John (not sure of the spelling) Cladell? Did I hear somewhere that he is the person who is over the music content on Today FM?

lol, if hes cribbing about someone else taste in music and he then puts the same ten awful songs every hour between 7-7

26-09-2019 6:22pm

JoeA3 wrote: »

I think most of them have, unless you count the likes of Jennifer Gannon or journal.ie hacks as "journalists".

i think these contributing journalists (and i use that word loosely - glorified bloggers more apt) are looking to boost their own profile and are glad to as if the Times werent barred they wouldnt even get a whiff of time on it - and probably like a wrestling character they exaggerate their personality - Gannon and McDermott cannot be that miserable/pc in their real life

26-09-2019 6:23pm

Adam Teeny Munchies wrote: »

lol, if hes cribbing about someone else taste in music and he then puts the same ten awful songs every hour between 7-7

Are ye talking about the reviewer who sounds like an affected Éamon de Valera? Used to do music reviews on NT breakfast? Tedious kinda guy. What's his name?

Ursus Horribilis · 26-09-2019 7:22pm

I've no idea who that was but it's not John Cadell

CatFromHue · 26-09-2019 11:27pm

I like Brian LLoyd and Dee Molumby.

They can review a film while touching on any other issue regarding the film without making the whole review about that issue.

Roe McDermott goes the other way where her reviews can be more about that other issue than reviewing the film itself.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 27-09-2019 12:00am

CatFromHue wrote: »

I like Brian LLoyd and Dee Molumby.

They can review a film while touching on any other issue regarding the film without making the whole review about that issue.

Roe McDermott goes the other way where her reviews can be more about that other issue than reviewing the film itself.

When all you have is a hammer, everything soon starts to look like a nail.

robo · 27-09-2019 8:25am

I saw last night that Matt tweeted a picture of an autobiography that he wrote...on Jamie Heaslip! Definitely not on my reading list.
But how will that interview go when Matt interviews Jamie about his book - eh so I wrote it and I know everything that's PR good about you - tell us about the real Jamie :rolleyes:

ButtersSuki · 27-09-2019 9:49am

robo wrote: »

I saw last night that Matt tweeted a picture of an autobiography that he wrote...on Jamie Heaslip! Definitely not on my reading list.
But how will that interview go when Matt interviews Jamie about his book - eh so I wrote it and I know everything that's PR good about you - tell us about the real Jamie :rolleyes:

I'm going to the launch of that actually on the 16th of next month so I'll report back.

ButtersSuki · 27-09-2019 9:54am

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

When all you have is a hammer, everything soon starts to look like a nail.

How dare you! I see what you're doing there. The hammer is a phallic symbol and the nail is a metaphor for vagina. You as an evil man are outwardly projecting your violent rape fantasies, and it's so entrenched in you at this stage it's a reflex action typical of the far right patriarchy who seek to subject women to sexual submission for fear of being emasculated and stood up to by strong female role models such as Laura from Love Island........etc. etc.

27-09-2019 4:58pm

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

When all you have is a hammer, everything soon starts to look like a nail.

Very Zen....

27-09-2019 5:00pm

ButtersSuki wrote: »

How dare you! I see what you're doing there. The hammer is a phallic symbol and the nail is a metaphor for vagina. You as an evil man are outwardly projecting your violent rape fantasies, and it's so entrenched in you at this stage it's a reflex action typical of the far right patriarchy who seek to subject women to sexual submission for fear of being emasculated and stood up to by strong female role models such as Laura from Love Island........etc. etc.

Blimey, I must lead such a cloistered life! I didn't see that coming!

Akabusi · 27-09-2019 5:42pm

Buford T. Justice VI wrote: »

When all you have is a hammer, everything soon starts to look like a nail.

I'm remembering this one

27-09-2019 5:44pm

Listening now, to that eejit opining on the West Wing (a series I really like) makes me fume. Jed Bartlett was the epitome of what a President should be. The fact that it's fiction isn't important. It's about aspiration, hope, longing for better. When we lose the want to make things better, we are goosed

ButtersSuki · 27-09-2019 6:45pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Blimey, I must lead such a cloistered life! I didn't see that coming!

For more of this, check out the works of Jennifer Gannon and Roe McDermott. Stay woke, bloke.

NIMAN · 02-11-2019 3:19am

Ironic that TLW is sponsored by Opel.

Low quality masquerading as premium fare!

Akabusi · 05-11-2019 12:30pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Ironic that TLW is sponsored by Opel.

Low quality masquerading as premium fare!

It was good radio for a long time, however the decline has been long and steady. Cooper doesn't seem to care anymore and to me he is just free wheeling at this stage, he consistently lets guests spout rubbish unchallenged and as for the horse manure that is the 5 at 5 or 6 at 6 segments - how he goes along with that is beyond me.

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