Dempsey: "making stuff up"

bealtine

Noel Dempsey was today giving out about the media "who make stuff up".
He did this at an Opus Dei conference in Dublin.

Does this dismay also apply to his own department who constantly "make stuff up" or to Comreg who also are prone to "make stuff up"?

dahamsta

Did he actually apply this comment to media statements or was it a "political statement"?

I'm sure ComReg would refute that accusation btw. Ten gets your twenty the phrase they use is "massage figures". (The phrase I use is "liars".)

adam

bealtine

dahamsta wrote:

Did he actually apply this comment to media statements or was it a "political statement"?

Yes he sure did, well thats what RTE said on the one o clock news today (21/10/2006).

He was referring to the Irish Times and their rush to publish interesting facts about our glorious leader.
Facts are hardly "making stuff up". It may have been a storm in a teacup, but were still facts.

dahamsta

Sorry, I meant to say "actual media statements", and if so what were they?

bealtine

dahamsta wrote:

Sorry, I meant to say "actual media statements", and if so what were they?

As soon as they stick it up on RTE.ie we can all giggle at it:-)

Solair

Freakishly enough the negative PR all backfired on the opposition. The sooner we get back focused on issues like lack of broadband and away from the irrelvances of Bertie and the contents of his socks the better!

Bertie gate only served to increase his popularity through the "ah poor bertie" factor...

You'd sometimes wonder about the electorate!

Main thing is to point out the issue-based failings in the current govt.

Reality: no broadband, spiraling house prices, spiraling inflation, crumbling healthcare, planning so bad that it's now a case study in how not to do things!

I'd agree with the minister on the fact that Bertie's personal life didn't deserve the press coverage it got!
Sure we can't be upsetting the apple tart!

Sponge Bob

Opus Dei , uh oh !

Dempsey has been known to make stuff up himself when peddling the current eircom line for them and attacking those who had the cheek to remind him of the reality of the situation , Comwreck caught him at it in in a speech in Galway early this year

http://www.comwreck.com/blog_51_may8.html

Note that at the time Noel spoke no more than 75% of homes were connected to an exchange with BB enabled but that at least 20% of that 75% were failing the test for various reasons . This means that 60% of homes COULD GET DSL not the 80% that Noel tried to con people over.

bealtine

bealtine wrote:

As soon as they stick it up on RTE.ie we can all giggle at it:-)

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1021/irishtimes.html
(somewhat sanitized)

The "listen to the news" should still have the piece...

Foxwood

Apparently, Dempsey is to introduce new legislation to copperfasten "a transparently accountable and responsible public service broadcasting sector".

It's a pity that "a transparently accountable and responsible" Dáil is out of the question.

Dempsey should be mindful of the old adage about people in glass houses. His call for the Irish Times to follow the New York Times example might be a bit less brazen if Fianna Fáil followed the Swedish parliaments example and made those who aren't financially squeaky-clean resign from high office.

watty

The Government has never liked RTE very much. Unlike eircom they are prepared to clip RTE's wings...

Urban Weigl

It is time to call on the OECD to "stop making stuff up", and finally admit that Ireland is now in the top 10 percentile...

bealtine

Urban Weigl wrote:

It is time to call on the OECD to "stop making stuff up", and finally admit that Ireland is now in the top 10 percentile...

does the OECD have a stop "making stuff up" deparment?