[flash1080]

Originally Posted by Dubit10

Your right the country is'nt fcked, it's all the medias fault.

I'm right, but not for the reason you say I'm right.

[smash]

Originally Posted by flash1080

You're clearly not an avid reader of The Kerryman.

That's not a Dublin newspaper though!

[realies]

Originally Posted by flash1080

They are the most annoying, boring, pathetic bunch of moaning whingebags. Everytime I open a newspaper or turn on the radio/tv I hear the same old ****e about the recession. Change the ****ing tune for **** sake. What about some positivity, ye negative bastards?!

Originally Posted by flash1080

We don't need to pretend it's not happening, neither do we need to hear about it every single day in the news. Other countries in a recession don't listen to this ****e every day. I blame Fine Gael, they're ruining this country and forcing this ****e us. The blueshirts own newspaper is probably the worst for it.

Then you need to change the title of the thread

[Monty Burnz]

Originally Posted by smash

I'm pretty sure all the newspapers are national.

This is true, but most of the 'national' media (with the exception of The Examiner) tends to inhabit a Dublin-centric bubble. It's very noticeable when living outside Dublin.

[smash]

Originally Posted by Monty Burnz

It's very noticeable when living outside Dublin.

Why would you want to do that?

[Monty Burnz]

Originally Posted by flash1080

We don't need to pretend it's not happening, neither do we need to hear about it every single day in the news. Other countries in a recession don't listen to this ****e every day. I blame Fine Gael, they're ruining this country and forcing this ****e on us. The blueshirts own newspaper is probably the worst for it.

Are you one of those people who throw rocks at firemen when they are called to a burning house?

[Logical Fallacy]

Originally Posted by flash1080

They are the most annoying, boring, pathetic bunch of moaning whingebags. Everytime I open a newspaper or turn on the radio/tv I hear the same old ****e about the recession. Change the ****ing tune for **** sake. What about some positivity, ye negative bastards?!

Moaning about moaning.

That will help.

[flash1080]

Originally Posted by smash

Why would you want to do that?

Because Dublin is a complete ****hole. Obviously.

[Fran1985]

Originally Posted by Monty Burnz

This is true, but most of the 'national' media (with the exception of The Examiner) tends to inhabit a Dublin-centric bubble. It's very noticeable when living outside Dublin.

a quarter of the population live here tho. With so many people here, you may find a large chunk of the papers are bought by Dubs, therefore there's no point harping on about something that'll affect 100 people in some small villiage, when there's something in Dublin that could affect 100,000 people.

[Monty Burnz]

Originally Posted by Fran1985

a quarter of the population live here tho. With so many people here, you may find a large chunk of the papers are bought by Dubs, therefore there's no point harping on about something that'll affect 100 people in some small villiage, when there's something in Dublin that could affect 100,000 people.

But that's not really what I'm getting at. Some small piddling thing in Dublin will be covered and big news because the journos live 15 minutes away. Something bigger that affects as many people around the country won't even get a mention.

Like I said, you need to step outside the bubble to be able to see it. You don't know the stuff that is ignored because you never heard about it in the first place.

[Min]

Where are all the property programs gone?

I mean I miss the programs about somehow missing out that i do not have that holiday home in the sun, but I think they all got burnt with the property crash.
Or the programs with I have €600,000 to spend on a new home or second home.

The Dublin media are great, they promote whatever is in fashion. I am not a fashionista and if the people in the media want to talk about recession and how hard it is for some of the well known presenters in the media to pay their bills when they earn hundreds of thousands of euro a year, well it just makes me fell better that I can manage my money and the fact we didn't all party and go off our heads on illegal substances while buying property.

The news media is too Dublin centric, like the whole rubbish debate on Greyhound...

[Monty Burnz]

Originally Posted by Min

The news media is too Dublin centric, like the whole rubbish debate on Greyhound...

Ah yes. The 'raised bog' of the metropolis, if you will.

[goose2005]

Originally Posted by Monty Burnz

This is true, but most of the 'national' media (with the exception of The Examiner) tends to inhabit a Dublin-centric bubble. It's very noticeable when living outside Dublin.

Maybe because it's the capital city, the centre of political, economic and cultural life in the country and home to over a quarter of the population?

[Monty Burnz]

Originally Posted by goose2005

Maybe because it's the capital city, the centre of political, economic and cultural life in the country and home to over a quarter of the population?

You might think that, but no. I've lived inside and outside Dublin for at least a decade of each.

Like I said, you can't see the bubble if you are inside it.

[Sindri]

I agree OP, lets start a business venture together.

We can start our own newspaper and call it The Daily Woof.

Our key demographic would be right wing canines between the ages of 3 and 11 years old.

We can get Lassie to right a column with all the latest gos on Hollywood canines.