Marian Finucane Thread

Del.Monte

blinding wrote: »

Hypocrites R-us . RTE is a sick organisation .

It's in good company with its fellow travellers in Newstalk and Today FM.

blinding

Del.Monte wrote: »

It's in good company with its fellow travellers in Newstalk and Today FM.

Remember Ciara Kelly trying to fake that she would be happy to have a Traveller Halting Site near where she lived ! ! !

She made a holy show of herself .

quintana76

newcavanman wrote: »

RTE obviously go to some lengths to recruit the panel for the Marian Finucane show. They are always consistent in their views, being totally in support of any and all left wing views. The entire show so far this morning has been one unending lecture, on immigration and fundamentalist muslims, and our many failings as a nation to acccomodate them and to understand their world views . I thought i was listening to RTE , the national broadcaster, allegedly reflective of a broad spectrum of national opinions, however, apparently, i was listening to Migrant FM

The question is do they really believe the bulls*** they speak or are they just saying what is expected of them. Thay can't all be that unreflective or stupid.

jay0109

quintana76 wrote: »

The question is do they really believe the bulls*** they speak or are they just saying what is expected of them. Thay can't all be that unreflective or stupid.

No, that crew yesterday morning 100% believed the muck they were spouting. Especially the young lady with the real posh accent

elperello

Brendan getting his palm read by Margaret Attwood.
Codder meets codder.
Great stuff listen back if you missed it.

Callan57

elperello wrote: »

Brendan getting his palm read by Margaret Attwood.
Codder meets codder.
Great stuff listen back if you missed it.

Good interview apart from that surreal interlude.
Mind you I think Atwood is fairly naive if she thinks UK has ended fracking ... only suspended & probably until Dec 13th if the Tory's return. :rolleyes:

dvcireland

Rte cutback.

Lady Marian is going to have some job downsizing her ample production team.

blinding

Did Marion prostrate herself at the foot of Gay's Coffin ?

Callan57

blinding wrote: »

Did Marion prostrate herself at the foot of Gay's Coffin ?

Gay was fortunate he got out before the internet got going ... worst he had to contend with was the anonymous letter & the occasional Sunday sermon

blinding

According to some Maid Marion , was made by Eoghan Harris , apparently a big mate of Gaybo .

Surely she must do her Adoration .

serfboard

dvcireland wrote: »

Lady Marian is going to have some job downsizing her ample production team.

Presenter, Sound Operator, Researcher, Broadcast Co-Ordinator, Producer, Series Producer. Am I missing anyone?

Callan57

serfboard wrote: »

Presenter, Sound Operator, Researcher, Broadcast Co-Ordinator, Producer, Series Producer. Am I missing anyone?

Ciggie lighter, spitoon emptier ...

ShamNNspace

Callan57 wrote: »

Ciggie lighter, spitoon emptier ...

What no groom of the stool??

strawdog

Lol Marian on the war path against the chair of the rte board. Talking about talent pay cuts now..Marian moving to the back foot!

Itssoeasy

The BBC are a completely different animal to RTÉ. Stop comparing the two.

Itssoeasy

Ah sure it's the politicians fault and sure RTÉ might not be here in five years time.

SEPT 23 1989

Full of her own self importance this one

Itssoeasy

Women or not either ye are either doing a good job or not and dee Forbes and the chair are doing a crap job.

Oops69

RTE just needs to be downsized and concentrate on quality output .

Itssoeasy

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Full of her own self importance this one

It's a how dare these people question us vibe off this interview.

Oops69

The Marie Antoinette of RTE .

Itssoeasy

This is selfserving broadcasting not public service broadcasting.

Itssoeasy

Oh good point about the 1950's turns the conversation to gay Byrne.

Callan57

Opportunity now to decentralise the whole of RTE to Limerick ... location, as with most jobs nowadays, is irrelevant.
And those that get a nosebleed when they pass Red Cow could be told to think of the "quality of life", the clean air, the reduced commuting time & the opportunity to get in touch with the rest of Ireland beyond the Pale.

Itssoeasy

I've heard some brass necked interviews on RTÉ over the years but this one takes the utter biscuit.

Itssoeasy

Certain people = not the higher uppers like this woman.

Oops69

This one must have been an actor once , the overacted dramatic sighs and pleadings are pathetic .

ShamNNspace

The montrose soviet

Itssoeasy

Ten Pin wrote: »

Maria Bailey has a contender for delusional interview of the year

Yeah I'd say Maria bailey is delighted that the RTÉ board are as tone deaf if not more than she was.

mgn

How can anybody on the money Marian is on for a few hours some weeks talk about cut backs in RTE, joke of an interview, RTE interviewing RTE.

ShamNNspace

Oops69 wrote: »

This one must have been an actor once , the overacted dramatic sighs and pleadings are pathetic .

Gays one time next door neighbour Moya Doherty is it? Or am I mistaken

SEPT 23 1989

After listening to this waffle RTE really is finished they have no idea how to get themselves out of the sh1t

Itssoeasy

Oh so the broadcasters "were approached" on the pay cuts. The board are taking a pay cut.

ShamNNspace

Ah listen ma'am don't be making a martyr of yourself you're well imbursed for the gig

sligojoek

"The board are taking a cut and the broadcasters are being approached about taking a cut."

Hmmmmm

Itssoeasy

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

After listening to this waffle RTE really is finished they have no idea how to get themselves out of the sh1t

Yeah is it any wonder they are in the mess they are in when you hear the attitude of the top people. I mean RTÉ want to go into digital yet can't get the rte player to work even half decently even after a supposed upgrade of the app.

Del.Monte

The previous interview with Mark "Rasher" Kavanagh was far more interesting and provided, an unintentional, and interesting insight into the bull**** that is the International Art World.

BarryD2

Del.Monte wrote: »

The previous interview with Mark "Rasher" Kavanagh was far more interesting and provided, an unintentional, and interesting insight into the bull**** that is the International Art World.

That's what I was thinking too. Did you ever hear such pretentious crap? I suppose if you have have money to invest in these supposed works of art, you deserve to lose it.

Re Moya & Marian, the entitled talking to the entitled. One thing that did pop out though was the unveiled criticism of An Post and their utter inefficiency.

Conor84

I thought it was a good interview from Marian but Moya Doherty was painful to listen to. It did seem not unlike Maria Bailey's attitude on her infamous interview about how badly RTE had been wronged by government, the public, comparisons to other broadcasters etc. All I was waiting to hear was about humanity having been crossed.

If anybody else heard Callan's Kicks last night there was a sketch where RTE heads just kept on mentioning "COONTEENT" and it was so similar in tone to the interview this morning.

I thought Marian mentioned more about the pay of talent more than others and did kinda acknowledge her own situation. But Moya Doherty then said something like not wanting to "granulate" the issue - have absolutely no idea what that meant.

She was incredibly defensive of "Dee" but then said she had no idea of her benefits package when Marian pointed out that her car allowance was more than the annual pay of some staff. Brave point to make Marian! To then suggest that there was added criticism because she and "Dee" were both women was infuriating.

Joe_ Public

Noticeable how anxious she was to point out that the cuts to lyric were expressly not the boards choice, thus kind of undermining her claim that of great harmony between herself and forbes i thought.

ShamNNspace

I often wonder how Marion would have got on if she got the late late gig earlier in her career and put her own stamp on it. There's no doubt there's a good interviewer in there somewhere I just get the feeling she's just going through the motions on the Marian show whether through laziness or whatever. She's running down the clock so to speak but occasionally we get glimpses of what might have been

newcavanman

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Gays one time next door neighbour Moya Doherty is it? Or am I mistaken

you are correct. maybe she is suffering from altitude sickness from living at the topof Howth Hill. Either way she is far far removed from the views of ordinary people

elperello

I think Moya Doherty's idea of a kind of national forum about the future of RTE might have some merit.
She suggested David Puttnam as a chair/facilitator.
Any time I've heard him speak he seems a sensible well informed man and he has extensive media experience.

yosser hughes

Conor84 wrote: »

To then suggest tf'Archat there was added criticism because she and "Dee" were both women was infuriating.

I can't believe she went there. That is utterly pathetic. Never mind that the public's ire is mostly directed at Tubridy, Duffy and D'Arcy

ednwireland

elperello wrote: »

I think Moya Doherty's idea of a kind of national forum about the future of RTE might have some merit.
She suggested David Puttnam as a chair/facilitator.
Any time I've heard him speak he seems a sensible well informed man and he has extensive media experience.

dont need a talking shop, needs rte to live within its means

Del.Monte

No, we must have National Conversations about everything - saves actually doing anything about anything.

sligojoek

Del.Monte wrote: »

No, we must have National Conversations about everything - saves actually doing anything about anything.

Sounds about right. Pay a committee to come up with a report. Then another committee to digest it. Meanwhile 2 years laer nothing has been done and things have become worse. Jobs for the boys, and girls these days.

elperello

ednwireland wrote: »

dont need a talking shop, needs rte to live within its means

So we just set out on journey without any idea where we want to go?

elperello

sligojoek wrote: »

Sounds about right. Pay a committee to come up with a report. Then another committee to digest it. Meanwhile 2 years laer nothing has been done and things have become worse. Jobs for the boys, and girls these days.

The current Government position is to leave RTE stewing in slash and burn territory for 5 years with a promise of some sort of phone/laptop tax.

sligojoek

elperello wrote: »

The current Government position is to leave RTE stewing in slash and burn territory for 5 years with a promise of some sort of phone/laptop tax.

They'd want to do something with that piece of sh1t that is "The Player" first.

Marian mentioned it today but got a stock "We know that and we're looking into it" answer.