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The Last Word

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    #242
    ezra_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭ezra_


    pjohnson wrote: »
    You must have loved Brunker and the gang yesterday so.

    What was that about?

    I started listening to it after it had started. Is it a regular thing now?


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    #243
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,152 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    Oh don't get me started. It was like an episode of Loose Women. And when one tried to make a legitimate point - that sometimes people can be stupid when they're young and hold opinions they wouldn't when they get older - she was shot down. By a woman who then admitted she calls people out on things she disagrees with and she has lots of rows with them.

    heard that all right, there seemed to be a bit of competition on getting to speak


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    #244
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    The three guests format is a disaster. It has also changed from a nice end of week, lighter side of the news item into something horrible. They did not need to tinker with it.


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    #245
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    The three guests format is a disaster. It has also changed from a nice end of week, lighter side of the news item into something horrible. They did not need to tinker with it.
    +1, it used be a funny look back at stories that woulsn't have been headline news and was very jovial and light.

    Now it just seems issue driven and a competition to see how far down the rabbit hole each can go.


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    #246
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,152 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    yeah, a lot of the stories discussed are stories that are being discussed everywhere already.


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    #247
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    yeah, a lot of the stories discussed are stories that are being discussed everywhere already.

    Or are variations of it. What was that story about the editor of the Gay Times being sacked only a variation in the Fine Gael tweeting eejit who had resigned earlier?


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    #248
    jack hackett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 155 ✭✭jack hackett


    Wonder will Matt tackle the Al Porter situation on the show this evening? Susan Keogh was quick enough to spend a week banging on about it when filling in for matt, closer to home now its not so easy....

    I would love to have seen Denis O' Briens face when the Todayfm heads told him Al Porter was a sex pest!


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    #249
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 20,399 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    said he will be talking about Al Porter in the show !


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    #250
    Vorenus400
    Registered Users Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭Vorenus400


    Not one word of it on Ivan yates. I imagine the Cooper stuff will include reading out a statement from management and very little discussion


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    #251
    djemba djemba
    Registered Users Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭djemba djemba


    That was a brutal way of dealing with the topic. If Al Porter was on another station they would have destroyed his statement, instead we got a one liner about his statement. A total fudge. Thats it with me and the last word now


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    #252
    prunudo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,304 ✭✭✭prunudo


    Vorenus400 wrote: »
    Not one word of it on Ivan yates. I imagine the Cooper stuff will include reading out a statement from management and very little discussion

    Time line of events and read out the various statements.
    At least he did draw attention to it and to be fair his hands are probably tied on how much he can say given they are only allegations.
    Still though they were quick enough to discuss Spacey and Weinstein


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    #253
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,427 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Talk about a mountain out of a molehill. This lad has been on promoting smut and vulgarity on every show he has been involved in, and now RTE have an issue with him due to him "behaving" inappropriately when on his own time?


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    #254
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    walshb wrote: »
    now RTE have an issue with him

    I think you'll find RTE are right down the pecking order considering he doesn't even work for them.


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    #255
    donaghs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭donaghs


    walshb wrote: »
    Talk about a mountain out of a molehill. This lad has been on promoting smut and vulgarity on every show he has been involved in, and now RTE have an issue with him due to him "behaving" inappropriately when on his own time?

    There is a difference between talking about stuff "in character", and actually doing it to other people.


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    #256
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    I think you'll find RTE are right down the pecking order considering he doesn't even work for them.

    He did a couple of years back on Republic of Telly.


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    #257
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,427 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    donaghs wrote: »
    There is a difference between talking about stuff "in character", and actually doing it to other people.

    It's all about standards. These tv stations and radio programmes have no issue with the stuff he peddles, and it is pure smut and vulgarity...

    And, as far as I know the man has been charged with no offence.


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    #258
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,427 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    I think you'll find RTE are right down the pecking order considering he doesn't even work for them.

    I never said he worked for RTE.


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    #259
    MikeyTaylor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭MikeyTaylor


    whiterebel wrote: »
    He did a couple of years back on Republic of Telly.
    And the Colm Hayes Show.


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    #260
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,051 ✭✭✭✭neris


    very soft interview with that Hallowa chap


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    #261
    Adam Teeny Munchies
    Registered Users Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭ Adam Teeny Munchies


    neris wrote: »
    very soft interview with that Hallowa chap

    Sound surprised with cooper these days


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    #262
    BPKS
    Registered Users Posts: 16,935 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    neris wrote: »
    very soft interview with that Hallowa chap

    What else did you expect.

    I'd say Matt had a Cheerleaders uniform with IBRAHIM written on it during the interview.


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    #263
    quintana76
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭quintana76


    Think Matt is looking for a job in RTE or maybe a column in the IT. He has gone full libtard over the last 6 months or so. He is is following the rule book to the letter.


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    #264
    ezra_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭ezra_


    quintana76 wrote: »
    Think Matt is looking for a job in RTE or maybe a column in the IT. He has gone full libtard over the last 6 months or so. He is is following the rule book to the letter.

    His producer left about six months ago.


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    #265
    Adam Teeny Munchies
    Registered Users Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭ Adam Teeny Munchies


    BPKS wrote: »
    What else did you expect.

    I'd say Matt had a Cheerleaders uniform with IBRAHIM written on it during the interview.

    Few weeks ago on his show he claimed if you didn’t support him, your automatically racist ....


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    #266
    quintana76
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭quintana76


    So if you express doubt about the half truths, evasions and downright lies of a supporter of a religo-fascist organisation you are a racist. That is quite a long stretch. That is actually the standard MSM view on this issue at the moment. Strange times indeed. I am (kind of) surprised at Cooper though.
    He seems to have hypnotised himself recently. "I must obey! I must obey! I must never question! I will conform! I will not use my own mind!"
    That at least is the non cynical view.


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    #267
    griffin100
    Registered Users Posts: 4,811 ✭✭✭griffin100


    It was a really poor 'interview.' No questions as to why he was in Egypt, what he was doing when arrested, etc. His claim he had never heard of the Muslim brotherhood before he was arrested was not questioned. At one stage Matt said to him about the alleged tearing of his passport "I assume you didn't tear up your passport" - that's not a proper question.


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    #268
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,466 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    So Cooper was as tough in his questioning as Tubs.

    How's he's slipped.


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    #269
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    I'm disappointed but not surprised. When Halawa was released, he and Fintan O'Toole had a conversation on the show about it. When the question of why he was out in Egypt was touched upon, they just said "Ah he was just a child of 17" and shut that legitimate question down there and then. All you have to do is look on boards, The Journal.ie and other social media to see that a lot of people have genuine questions about this story. We're being ill-served by the mainstream media who refuse to ask the questions on our behalf. I thought Matt was better than that. More fool me.


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    #270
    jack hackett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 155 ✭✭jack hackett


    How come Matt didnt present the show last night but was able to do the tonight show?

    Anyone else think matt and ivan look extremely odd presenting together?


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    #271
    dominatinMC
    Registered Users Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭dominatinMC


    jack hackett wrote: »
    How come Matt didnt present the show last night but was able to do the tonight show?


    Ya, I found that a bit strange. I think it's looking increasingly likely that Matt is going to leave The Last Word, he has a lot of other commitments these days. Even though I think the quality of the show has declined lately (mainly due to Matt's new-found PC approach to presenting) it would be a lot worse without him at the helm. Case in point: Susan Keogh. Based on recent trends, she would probably get the gig if Matt left.


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