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Major faux pas for FM104

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  • #202
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,957 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117459452#Comment_117459452

    I just glanced at this thread. Curiosity really have no listened to FM104 in years.

    I did not listen to the audio.

    But the gist of my take on is as follows (after looking at twitter and reading posts on here).

    'Whacky persona' DJ radio morning presenters take the p out of childs voicemail. They did not know/realise the child had learning difficulties. Mother complains on twitter (who happens to be a member of political party and a self styled 'activist' receives apology after stating that the child had 'additional needs'. FM 104 panic and some shut twitter profiles down. In this day and age of political correctness they have really dug a hole for themselves. Wording after such instances are always very carefully chosen

    My take on it is the presenters seemed to have f**ked up and behaved like many boards posters do and took the piss 'ironically' for the craic. Which seems to be de rigueur on this site particularly in the radio forum. But I digress.

    In my opinion 'irony' can be a mask for 'free for all' no holds barred as there is no line drawn. There must be a market though as such 'irony' seems to be popular in particular on those 'wacky' persona style morning radio shows.

    Turning to the mother of the child (who appears well within her rights to complain) however anyone who calls/styles themselves as an 'activist' raises a red flag for me. Normally a person who revels in fight/cause and actively looks to blow up a cause/issue. Resulting in no nuance or grey in the issue just melodramatic flag waving.

    Mother is still milking the issue on twitter even after an apology? But like it or not this is the world we now live in with social media. It makes it appear like the incident was manna from heaven for the mother of the child. Was she more concerned about the child's well being? Or is she more concerned with using the incident and her child as a 'poster boy' for a 'cause' that is what I am starting to wonder.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #203
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,138 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    This is two months old....



  • #204
    maniac2003
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭maniac2003


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117678855#Comment_117678855
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117444216#Comment_117444216

    And no one has heard it yet.



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