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Experts and Pundit Talent Pool in Irish Media

  • 05-12-2006 10:31pm
    #1
    mike65
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    Does always have to be the same faces/voices? Are there not other who could be called upon to offer some clarity or comment on a given topic?

    Robert Fisk, Moore McDowell, Patrick Cockburn, Dan McLaughlin, Brendan Kennan, Leo Enright, Bruce Arnold, Brian Feeney and a bunch of others who always seem to be availible or at least the only ones RTE etc has numbers for!

    What chance some diverse views given that when say Fisk or McDowell speaks we already know the 'tenor' of what he was say.

    Mike.


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  • #2
    DMC
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    I agree, Mike, its the same voices all the time. Imagine Bill O'Reilly being tackled by Aine Lawlor in the morning :D


  • #3
    Andrew 83
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    I sometimes wonder if it's because the people putting the shows together want to make sure that the listeners know who they are. It may not sound very sensible but familiarity may sometimes seem more important than relevance! I suppose listeners too may want to hear what their preferred pundits have to say (even if they already know really).


  • #4
    spank_inferno
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    mabey its the same contributors because they are the best contributors?

    I think Brendan Keenan / moore mcdowell are very good


  • #5
    damien
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    Something like this was discussed on a blog post I wrote here. I think it would be good for everyone if the pundit pool was drastically expanded. You know who's going to be on before they even announce them. For subject x comes pundit y and on the other side is pundit z.


  • #6
    The_Minister
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    I fairness, there are a huge number of economists about. Every week Q&A seems to have a different one on. I actually miss Moore, I haven't heard from him in ages...excepting the times that I hav talked to him in person.


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  • #7
    Andrew 83
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    The_Minister wrote:
    ...excepting the times that I hav talked to him in person.


    Ow, my foot!


  • #8
    The_Minister
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    :confused:
    He lectures in UCD, I had him as a lecturer for a while.


  • #9
    Andrew 83
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    I meant you were dropping names ;)


  • #10
    The_Minister
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    Andrew 83 wrote:
    I meant you were dropping names ;)
    Ah, now I get you:D

    tbh, It's Ireland, most people would know one or two of these people. It's not like I know him well, we have only talked five or six times. I only mentioned him because he is one of my favorite commentators.


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