Why have the media ignored...

tunaman

the massive fire in the mountains last night?

I can't find anything about it online.

Was there anything in the papers today or on the news?

billy the squid

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1603683&issue_id=13960

lodgepole

It was in today's Irish Times. About three lines. Plenty. What aspects of the fire do you think should have been dealt with in the media?

funk-you

I hear Mary Harneys ship landed to take her back and bertie drew first blood in a pitched battle up there to keep her. Its all a giant conspiracy they dont want you to know about.........................Actually there really was no fire <shifty eyes>;)

-Funk

Dave!

yeh I'm surprised about that too... woulda expected tabloids to have it on the front page, headline somethin like 'INFERNO', and a big scary picture of fire behind it

tunaman

billy the squid wrote:

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1603683&issue_id=13960

Says I need to be registered.

tunaman

funk-you wrote:

I hear Mary Harneys ship landed to take her back and bertie drew first blood in a pitched battle up there to keep her. Its all a giant conspiracy they dont want you to know about.........................Actually there really was no fire <shifty eyes>;)

-Funk

What an absolute monster that ship must have been.

tunaman

DaveMcG wrote:

yeh I'm surprised about that too... woulda expected tabloids to have it on the front page, headline somethin like 'INFERNO', and a big scary picture of fire behind it

Exactly.

vector

>Why have the media ignored...

because
a) it didn't affect dublin 4 and its surrounds
b) wasn't the fault of any policitical party
c) it didn't affect the economy

lodgepole

[FONT=Arial, Verdana, Arial]Gorse fire sweeps mountains

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial] THREE units of the Dublin Fire Brigade were dispatched last night to tackle a gorse fire that swept across the Dublin mountains, writes Louise Healy.


The alarm was raised shortly after 10pm when locals in south Dublin noticed the fire off the Blackglen Road at the foothills of the Dublin mountains.
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From the Independent.

tunaman

Lodgepole wrote:

It was in today's Irish Times. About three lines. Plenty. What aspects of the fire do you think should have been dealt with in the media?

What caused it?

Why was there NO pictures in any papers?

The media struggle for decent stories most of the time and here was a story which, with a decent picture could have been on the front page, yet it looks like it has been completely ignored.

lodgepole

It was a gorse fire, most likely caused by somebody burning rubbish. They happen every year once the weather gets nice. It may have looked impressive from down below but it wasn't so serious to demand the front page.

Why do you think it was ignored?

DOLEMAN

I'd be more concerned about the media ignoring the worlds oldest and largest pyramind discovered in BOSNIA recently.

Moral of the story: the media is entertainment, not a public service.

dubtom

vector wrote:

>Why have the media ignored...

because
a) it didn't affect dublin 4 and its surrounds
b) wasn't the fault of any policitical party
c) it didn't affect the economy

They were all in the pub, nothing ever happens on Sunday night, every one knows that.

tunaman

Lodgepole wrote:

It was a gorse fire,

How do you know?

most likely caused by somebody burning rubbish.

Why is that assumption most likely?

They happen every year once the weather gets nice.

In case you hadn't noticed it is hardly summer.

It may have looked impressive from down below but it wasn't so serious to demand the front page.

It was a huge fire, which would have made for a great front page picture.

Why do you think it was ignored?

Becuase it wasn't just some gorse fire.

lodgepole

tunaman wrote:

How do you know?

My dad is one of the assistant fire chiefs in Dublin and I asked him earlier.

Why is that assumption most likely?

Because it is the most common cause of fires in the Wicklow mountains.

In case you hadn't noticed it is hardly summer.

I didn't say it was the summer, I said the weather was getting nicer.

It was a huge fire, which would have made for a great front page picture.

Great but meaningless. It wasn't worthy news even if it would have made for a pretty picture.

Becuase it wasn't just some gorse fire.

I look forward to hearing your theory.

el rabitos

Zing

tunaman

Lodgepole wrote:

My dad is one of the assistant fire chiefs in Dublin and I asked him earlier.

Did he see who or what started the fire?

Because it is the most common cause of fires in the Wicklow mountains.

You're still just assuming.

I didn't say it was the summer, I said the weather was getting nicer.

Is that what you call getting into double figures?

Great but meaningless. It wasn't worthy news even if it would have made for a pretty picture.

Have you had a look at the front pages lately?

Only the other week the front page of the Herald had a picture of some muppet who crashed his truck into a bridge. So considering the garbage that passes for news these days, this should have been front page headlines.

I look forward to hearing your theory.

I have no idea, that's why I'm asking questions. Apart from a few lines in the paper, none of us would have any idea what happened to cause such a big fire. In other words we have been told nothing about a fairly significant and rare event.

RobertFoster

tunaman wrote:

Says I need to be registered.

http://www.bugmenot.com/

BuffyBot

In other words we have been told nothing about a fairly significant and rare event.

That's because they were burning the top secret files that reveal that pop starlet Sophie Ellis-Bextor was behind 9/11. Oh no, I've said too much...

Mossy Monk

fire on a mountain. thats sure to sell loads of papers seeing as no one was in danger

Bard

tunaman wrote:

([Why have the media ignored...] the massive fire in the mountains last night?

Because it has only affected a few excitable Dubs perhaps... nobody important.

Ciaran500

tunaman wrote:

Is that what you call getting into double figures?

We had a few dry, warm sunny days. Enough to dry out the gorse.

tunaman wrote:

Have you had a look at the front pages lately?

Only the other week the front page of the Herald had a picture of some muppet who crashed his truck into a bridge. So considering the garbage that passes for news these days, this should have been front page headlines.

That story is slightly entertaining, he was led astray by his GPS and got stuck on a narrow bridge. As someone said its all about entertainment, especially in the tabloids.

tunaman wrote:

I have no idea, that's why I'm asking questions. Apart from a few lines in the paper, none of us would have any idea what happened to cause such a big fire. In other words we have been told nothing about a fairly significant and rare event.

Its hardly a significant event, no one was hurt, no property was damaged, its just a gorse fire that spread and got out of hand.


Do you really think there is something more sinister going on here?

Dave!

REQ: move this to Conspiracy Theories forum if it continues in this vein

lodgepole

tunaman wrote:

Did he see who or what started the fire?

Of course he didn't. Regardless it was a gorse fire (evidence -> gorse was on fire) and in his (and the rest of the Dublin Fire Brigade's) vast experience gorse fires are almost always arson and almost always started by people burning waste. They backed this up with what the firemen experienced on the mountain.

You're still just assuming.

No, you're assuming. I'm getting my information from the top of Dublin Fire Brigade.

Is that what you call getting into double figures?

Maybe i'm just slow this morning but I have no idea what you mean. I said that we had a few nice days weather. You suggested I said it was the summer...

Have you had a look at the front pages lately?

Front page of the Irish Times for Monday April 24 2006...

• PDs target middle class with tax-cutting proposal
• Red tide of Majestic Munster Gives Leinster the Blues
• DPP Preparing to abandon Laide manslaughter case

Obviously a slow weekend if they put the rugby news on there, but all three are more relevant and of interest than an insignificant, if large, fire in the mountains.

The fire makes page 4...

Gorse fire in Dublin Mountains
Dublin Fire Brigade units were called last night to a gorse fire on three acres of the Three Rock Mountains in Co. Dublin.

Only the other week the front page of the Herald had a picture of some muppet who crashed his truck into a bridge. So considering the garbage that passes for news these days, this should have been front page headlines.

I don't read The Herald so I can't really comment on the low quality of their reporting.

I have no idea, that's why I'm asking questions. Apart from a few lines in the paper, none of us would have any idea what happened to cause such a big fire. In other words we have been told nothing about a fairly significant and rare event.

You live in Dublin, right? Do you live near the Wicklow Mountains? I live at the foot of them. Gorse fires aren't rare. They happen every few days during the summer and occasionally when the weather is nice in the run up to the summer.

Sully

BuffyBot wrote:

That's because they were burning the top secret files that reveal that pop starlet Sophie Ellis-Bextor was behind 9/11. Oh no, I've said too much...

How did you find out? Your not supposed to tell anyone! God help us all, we will end up the butt of one of Bush's nukes now

BuffyBot

We're doomed, I tell you. Doomed