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Ronald Reagan dead

Stephen · 2004-06-05 23:01:45

Ronald Reagan died today aged 93 at his home in California. Its on sky news/cnn at the moment.

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06-06-2004 12:01am

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

Its on sky news/cnn at the moment.

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#2 06-06-2004 12:12am
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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

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#3 06-06-2004 10:48am
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And it only took RTE till this morning to notice, nothing at all on Aertel last night.

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#4 06-06-2004 11:06am
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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.

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#5 06-06-2004 12:54pm
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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.

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#6 06-06-2004 1:03pm
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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 06-06-2004 1:13pm
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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?

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#8 06-06-2004 1:20pm
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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.

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#9 06-06-2004 1:24pm
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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.

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#10 06-06-2004 3:55pm
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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

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#11 06-06-2004 4:09pm
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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 06-06-2004 4:12pm
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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:

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#13 06-06-2004 9:40pm
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AERTEL IS CRAP

RTE = Real Trash Entertainment

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