The Irish media hysteria

finalfurlong

RTE really being selective in last 24 hours.No reference to cases yesterday being 2nd lowest since jan 1,instead in both main reports at 6 and 9 the interjection of the reference that the youngest death was 16.No mention like most days of age range and median age which again was 84/85.Today the dr doom george lee says gleefully 60% "accept" there will be another lockdown and says that 10 deaths in icu the highest deaths in icu since april.No mention that cases below 600 ,patients below 600.icu below 140 which are major improvements on just 2 weeks ago.People should be reminded of progress but unfortunately this is not part of the fear agenda.

doublejobbing 2

finalfurlong wrote: »

RTE really being selective in last 24 hours.No reference to cases yesterday being 2nd lowest since jan 1,instead in both main reports at 6 and 9 the interjection of the reference that the youngest death was 16.No mention like most days of age range and median age which again was 84/85.Today the dr doom george lee says gleefully 60% "accept" there will be another lockdown and says that 10 deaths in icu the highest deaths in icu since april.No mention that cases below 600 ,patients below 600.icu below 140 which are major improvements on just 2 weeks ago.People should be reminded of progress but unfortunately this is not part of the fear agenda.

Matt Cooper had some clown on saying that while people are frustrated some survey shows people are relatively happy to live like this indefinitely.

Madness.

The anger is palpable now. These odious pricks with their Hold Firm bull**** when they let the virus back in at Christmas from those gobshiet ex pats.

washman3

political analyst wrote: »

Why would RTÉ broadcast things said about the virus if they were not true?

Because they cannot be challenged...!!!

RunningFlyer

A tale of two different outlets top stories this evening...

RTE are absolutely miserable.

ThunbergsAreGo

RunningFlyer wrote: »

A tale of two top stories this evening...

RTE are actually ridiculous at this stage.

Were there not loads of variants last year which caused little or no issue

RunningFlyer

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

Were there not loads of variants last year which caused little or no issue

Yes but I think there was quite a bit of positivity this evening with reductions in cases etc and coverage saying the tide might be turning re restrictions, that they had to scrape the barrel for the most negative “story” they could publish to continue the fear.

NIMAN

One of the last lines that the 9 o clock news finished with today was something about the virus numbers might explode.

Yeah and they might not.

They will let a wild guess become a headline.

They want this misery to continue and I do think the nphet guys do too. It's keeping them all so relevant.

ThunbergsAreGo

NIMAN wrote: »

One of the last lines that the 9 o clock news finished with today was something about the virus numbers might explode.

Yeah and they might not.

They will let a wild guess become a headline.

They want this misery to continue and I do think the nphet guys do too. It's keeping them all so relevant.

Its horrific, and horrible

Silentcorner

Ring RTE reception and let them know.

01 2083111

The need to be plagued, their behavior has been grotesque. There are elderly who will never recover from the fear and anxiety.

richardkeiths

finalfurlong wrote: »

RTE really being selective in last 24 hours.No reference to cases yesterday being 2nd lowest since jan 1,instead in both main reports at 6 and 9 the interjection of the reference that the youngest death was 16.No mention like most days of age range and median age which again was 84/85.Today the dr doom george lee says gleefully 60% "accept" there will be another lockdown and says that 10 deaths in icu the highest deaths in icu since april.No mention that cases below 600 ,patients below 600.icu below 140 which are major improvements on just 2 weeks ago.People should be reminded of progress but unfortunately this is not part of the fear agenda.

are you going to have a mass gathering to protest?? LOL

I bet you clapped for the nurses at the start

richardkeiths

Silentcorner wrote: »

Ring RTE reception and let them know.

01 2083111

The need to be plagued, their behavior has been grotesque. There are elderly who will never recover from the fear and anxiety.

They wouldnt get it if the community took some responsibility.

Ireland embarrassed itself when given some freedom over xmas.

The rest of Europe obey health guidelines individually, thats why they can reopen.

Everyday I work on the frontline and 90% incorrectly wear masks and barely sanitise. Its infuriating! Its not much of an ask.

ShineOn7

richardkeiths wrote: »

Ireland embarrassed itself when given some freedom over xmas.

A thousand percent this

And it'll happen again at the mere hint of Restrictions lifting. We've always being known as the most sociable nation in the world (or at least top 3). And have a guess what viruses love?

It's why Martin & Co are being so conservative

Silentcorner

ShineOn7 wrote: »

A thousand percent this

And it'll happen again at the mere hint of Restrictions lifting. We've always being known as the most sociable nation in the world (or at least top 3). And have a guess what viruses love?

It's why Martin & Co are being so conservative

Ireland has embarrassed itself since the beginning of all this...cheap money has encouraged our Government to impose one of the strictest inhumane lock downs on the planet...without opposition or criticism from our media, many of both want even stricter lock downs.

There are very few countries that would put up with this, we aren't just subservient, we hate people who aren't!!

Aph2016

ShineOn7 wrote: »

A thousand percent this

And it'll happen again at the mere hint of Restrictions lifting. We've always being known as the most sociable nation in the world (or at least top 3). And have a guess what viruses love?

It's why Martin & Co are being so conservative

People wouldn't feel the need to go wild if the restrictions weren't so ridiculous in the first place.

doublejobbing 2

richardkeiths wrote: »

They wouldnt get it if the community took some responsibility.

Ireland embarrassed itself when given some freedom over xmas.

The rest of Europe obey health guidelines individually, thats why they can reopen.

Everyday I work on the frontline and 90% incorrectly wear masks and barely sanitise. Its infuriating! Its not much of an ask.

Yawnnnnnnnn.

95 percent of surge from people coming from London and spreading it within houses. Little to do with pubs.

ShineOn7

Aph2016 wrote: »

People wouldn't feel the need to go wild if the restrictions weren't so ridiculous in the first place.

People treating December just gone like any other year and the thousand deaths that followed in January would disagree

Everything from the government to the compliance from the people: we're an embarrassment

Silentcorner

ShineOn7 wrote: »

People treating December just gone like any other year and the thousand deaths that followed in January would disagree

From the government to the compliance from the people: we're an embarrassment

Blaming people, many of whom had just put down their most stressful years of their lives, for a naturally occurring winter surge in viral infections is deranged.

ShineOn7

Silentcorner wrote: »

Blaming people, many of whom had just put down their most stressful years of their lives, for a naturally occurring winter surge in viral infections is deranged.

Many, many people behaved like it was any other Christmas and doing that during a once in a century pandemic is just fcuking imbecilic

Silentcorner

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Many, many people behaved like it was any other Christmas and doing that during a once in a century pandemic is just fcuking imbecilic

There will be a lot of people embarrassed for their imbecilic behavior over the last year when we look back at this in years to come....it won't be those who visited family they haven't seen all year, grand parents seeing their kids and grand kids I will tell you that.

*mod snip - no need for this rubbish*

One day forum ban applied seeing as you cannot post in a civil manner

47akak

Silentcorner wrote: »

There will be a lot of people embarrassed for their imbecilic behavior over the last year when we look back at this in years to come....it won't be those who visited family they haven't seen all year, grand parents seeing their kids and grand kids I will tell you that.

It'll be the curtain twitching pious virtue signalers who believe that we should all follow the governments off the wall, inhumane, severe restrictions no matter how little sense they make!!!

And now many won't have to worry about visiting grandparents ever again.

Not everybody who felt capable of doing so and took a rational decision to sit out one single Christmas is a "pious virtue signaller" and if you look at polling it suggests you're in the minority if you think what happened over Christmas was more appropriate than sitting it out. It was clearly a catastrophic mistake and it set us back 3 months. We could have reopened in April more or less fully if we had kept at it through the New Year and the rest of winter. Some of you are right, there is a seasonal component to the spread, that's the point!

Pubs and restaurants would have been opened by April, definitely May. But the Government gave in to people like you and created an even bigger problem that severely delayed reopening. Maybe think about that next time you're screaming and roaring demanding everybody stop trying to do anything to stop Covid.

ThunbergsAreGo

richardkeiths wrote: »

They wouldnt get it if the community took some responsibility.

Ireland embarrassed itself when given some freedom over xmas.

The rest of Europe obey health guidelines individually, thats why they can reopen.

Everyday I work on the frontline and 90% incorrectly wear masks and barely sanitise. Its infuriating! Its not much of an ask.

Look at the parks in Amsterdam today, we aren't alone in being sociable. The rest of europe definitely do not observe guidelines.

There is a definite element in truth in what you say but people, all over europe, miss any semblance of normality.

bladespin

47akak wrote: »

And now many won't have to worry about visiting grandparents ever again.

That's a null point tbh, my own children recently faced the possibility of loosing their grandmother despite staying away for the guts of a year, she's in hospital now and we have no way of letting them see her now until she comes out (one way or another).

Silentcorner

47akak wrote: »

And now many won't have to worry about visiting grandparents ever again.

Not everybody who felt capable of doing so and took a rational decision to sit out one single Christmas is a "pious virtue signaller" and if you look at polling it suggests you're in the minority if you think what happened over Christmas was more appropriate than sitting it out. It was clearly a catastrophic mistake and it set us back 3 months. We could have reopened in April more or less fully if we had kept at it through the New Year and the rest of winter. Some of you are right, there is a seasonal component to the spread, that's the point!

Pubs and restaurants would have been opened by April, definitely May. But the Government gave in to people like you and created an even bigger problem that severely delayed reopening. Maybe think about that next time you're screaming and roaring demanding everybody stop trying to do anything to stop Covid.

And now because we decided that Covid was the only show in town, many kids will lose their parents to Cancer and Heart disease in the coming years.

I sit out Christmas every year so this year wasn't much different for me, but I am not psychotic enough to think the whole country should do as I do!!!

We lose approx 30,000 souls every year, we need a more mature attitude to loss and not wrap ourselves up in hysteria every year!!!

Normally those deaths are a particular vulnerable demographic but the next few years will see excess death in every age group...

Ash.J.Williams

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Matt Cooper is like a really bad film that crosses over into unintentional Comedy

I now only listen to the first 10 minutes of his show to see just how hilarious he's going to get

Today's literal first 10 seconds:

"On today's Last Word;

Will we now not be allowed to holiday in even Ireland this year? And later; is there a more horrendous Wave 4 still to come?"



:pac:






He then loses it with a listener who texts in criticizing his opening story about "domestic holidays possibly now in jeopardy as well"

Awful man. Awful broadcasting

Question: is the UK still getting bombarded with "news" like this? I don't watch Sky News but I'm presuming even they have moved onto more positive vaccination stories

on twitter it seems like anyone at all can get a vaccine in the UK

ShineOn7

How to protest against RTE the wrong way

The intelligence of today's Grafton Street "up-risers" summed up in one pic

I believe the front of their tops has text even more hilarious, something about reptilians :pac:




Edit:

Well jaysus, I thought the "reptilians" text was just a rumour

You'd have to wonder sometimes

https://twitter.com/IrlagainstFash/status/1365751061475131393?s=19

iamwhoiam

Sold “there “ souls !!!!!

Darwin

Lol...RTE has just being sold by the looks of it. Wonder what the souls bit is about?

1800_Ladladlad

Jaysus loads of rockets being fired around Dublin today apparently .........fascists every .....

NIMAN

Just heard on the BOC radio show that 40% are worried about kids returning to school in the latest polls

By my reckoning that means 60% are happy for kids to return to school and aren't worried.

But sure focus on the negative.

Chivito550

Ewan McKenna talking a lot of sense here.

https://ewanmackenna.wordpress.com/2021/02/25/letters-from-lockdown-2-roll-up-roll-up-its-the-rights-sale-of-the-century-and-everything-in-wonderland-must-go/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

His previous article on it is very good too.

Long reads, but it's not like we have anything else to be doing anyway...