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Ronald Reagan dead

  • 05-06-2004 11:01pm
    #1
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭


    Ronald Reagan died today aged 93 at his home in California.

    Its on sky news/cnn at the moment.


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  • #2
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    Originally posted by Stephen

    Its on sky news/cnn at the moment.

    And the politics board.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=1679506#post1679506


  • #3
    steviem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭steviem


    And it only took RTE till this morning to notice, nothing at all on Aertel last night.


  • #4
    subway_ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭subway_ie


    Originally posted by steviem
    And it only took RTE till this morning to notice, nothing at all on Aertel last night.

    Well they're hardly going to employ somebody to keep Aertel updated 24/7... maybe if it was big Irish news they'd update, but somebody dying probably wouldn't have huge priority.


  • #5
    steviem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭steviem


    Yeah, you are of course quite right. How dare i expect our nationald broadcaster whom i pay a licence fee to, too keep us up to date with world affairs on the "news" pages of Aertel. It'll end up going the way of Threetext.


  • #6
    Memnoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭Memnoch


    why do we care?
    this is the same thing as princess diana dying...

    10,000 people died in iraq, i don't see anyone crying about it, many people die every day...

    so what if he was ex-president....

    he will still a human being, no more or less important than anyone who dies.


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  • #7
    subway_ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭subway_ie


    Originally posted by steviem
    Yeah, you are of course quite right. How dare i expect our nationald broadcaster whom i pay a licence fee to, too keep us up to date with world affairs on the "news" pages of Aertel.

    Yes, you pay a licence fee - a licence fee only goes so far. It's stupid to expect them to employ somebody to keep the pages up to date during the night - if people want 24/7 news updates, they go onlione or to Sky News or BBC News 24 or any other of the news channels. They're not the most effiecient organisation ever, but when people start making stupid demands like that, and then try to justify it with the "I pay my licence fee" arguement, you've gotta ask yourself, just how much of a licence fee are you willing to pay for these totally unneccesary services?


  • #8
    DapperGent
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    Originally posted by subway_ie
    Well they're hardly going to employ somebody to keep Aertel updated 24/7...
    They do actually.


  • #9
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    Originally posted by DapperGent
    They do actually.

    Then they don't do a very good job. You can never get an update on the big US Golf tournaments after 11pm for a start.


  • #10
    LegacyUser
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    Originally posted by therecklessone
    Then they don't do a very good job. You can never get an update on the big US Golf tournaments after 11pm for a start.

    thats cause only knobs like golf and there ain't enough knobs about to make a difference in the ratings


  • #11
    DapperGent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,838 ✭✭✭DapperGent


    Originally posted by therecklessone
    Then they don't do a very good job.
    I don't have an opinion on the worth of Aertel I'm just saying that there are in fact people there of a night time.


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  • #12
    quank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭quank


    Originally posted by bananayoghurt
    thats cause only knobs like golf and there ain't enough knobs about to make a difference in the ratings

    Too right, too right.

    Anyway, getting back on topic:

    Who gives a crap?:ninja:


  • #13
    Kazu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭Kazu


    AERTEL IS CRAP


    RTE = Real Trash Entertainment


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