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RTÉ News website poll Sun 17th June

  • 17-06-2007 4:14pm
    #1
    PhoenixRising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭


    Anyone notice the poll on the right of the RTÉ News website? I'm no prude, but I'm not sure I approve of the tone and language used in the poll, even if I do agree with and voted for the 3rd option.

    Anyone else feel that this is unbecoming of the national public service broadcaster?


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Another example of the strange 'loose-limbed/brained' approach that the National Broadcaster is taking with thier web presence.

    Mike.


  • #3
    jb91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 408 ✭✭jb91


    Has it been removed? There's a RTE.ie Interactive Poll heading and then below it the icon to watch the 9 news [no poll] :confused:


  • #4
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    you mean this?


  • #5
    PhoenixRising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭PhoenixRising


    Cremo wrote:
    you mean this?

    Yep, that's the one.

    I can't see the BBC doing something like that. Have RTÉ hired a load of tabloid journos recently or something? A lot of their online news content seems like it's written by 16 year olds.

    I just don't think RTÉ should be airing it's opinion on news stories and referring to the three sailors as 'eejits' is not something any national broadcaster should be engaging in.

    Have the lunatics taken over the asylum in RTÉ or what?


  • #6
    jb91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 408 ✭✭jb91


    For me the poll's not there.

    :confused:


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  • #7
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    PhoenixRising wrote:
    Yep, that's the one.

    I can't see the BBC doing something like that. Have RTÉ hired a load of tabloid journos recently or something? A lot of their online news content seems like it's written by 16 year olds.

    I just don't think RTÉ should be airing it's opinion on news stories and referring to the three sailors as 'eejits' is not something any national broadcaster should be engaging in.

    Have the lunatics taken over the asylum in RTÉ or what?

    Well it's not their opinion, it's just one of the options available for people to give as their own opinion

    I do agree that it's a stupid poll, though, and one that's far too tabloid for my liking.
    Online polls, when treated as the unrepresentative novelty that they are, can be a good little side-show for websites. I don't think this is much of an example of that, though.


  • #8
    PhoenixRising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭PhoenixRising


    jb91 wrote:
    For me the poll's not there.

    :confused:

    I thought for a second that they'd seen sense and taken it down, but sadly not.

    It's still there for me. Are you using an ad blocker or something that might block it? Try a different browser. Anyway it's in the screenshot Cremo posted.


  • #9
    PhoenixRising
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭PhoenixRising


    flogen wrote:
    Well it's not their opinion, it's just one of the options available for people to give as their own opinion

    Yeah fair enough, but RTÉ still saw fit to brand the sailors 'eejits' as a poll option, or should I say they created the option for people to brand these people as eejits. Either way, I still don't think RTÉ can be excused. In fact all of the other poll options have a derogatory condescending air to them. I expect a better standard from them.


  • #10
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Cremo wrote:
    you mean this?

    my god!
    first off it reads like a joke to start with and second...professional or wha!


  • #11
    timmywex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭timmywex


    and theres bad english with todays one too.......

    quote:

    What would you do if Diageo moves the Guinness Brewery?
    Boycott it forever
    Create a fuss, but only until my next pint is ready
    Not care, as long as it tastes the same

    > View Results
    PollDaddy.com


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  • #12
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    Would you vote for Barack Obama for US president, if you could?
    Yes
    No
    Not sure yet. I want to see what he does next

    Oh, for fuch sake!


  • #13
    twenty8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭twenty8


    Is it not just an advertisement for Poll Daddy???


  • #14
    Stargal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,626 ✭✭✭Stargal


    New depths:
    How would you rate Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister?
    So-So
    Best British PM ever
    The Iraq War is a stain on his legacy
    Dreadful
    Jolly good
    From http://www.rte.ie/news/

    RTÉ need to decide exactly what kind of editorial line and image they want on the news section of the website and then stick to it. Badly-worded polls like this stuck on to the side of serious articles are inconsistent and bring down the whole news section.


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