Drivetime coverage of Obama's inauguration

DublinWriter

I can't believe how poor Drivetime's coverage of Obama's inauguration was.

Firstly, how much did it cost to ship Wilson et al out to a studio in Washington to have a panel discussion with rent-a-gob Terry Prone?

Surely it would have been better (and cheaper) to have a single correspondent on the ground and the panel back in Montrose?

BBC R4 had James Nachtwey and another correspondent on the ground reporting back to the studio and even Newstalk had a hack on the ground.

All Drivetime did was to air a few talking heads looking at a live TV feed. Did they really need to go to Washington to do that?

Let's hope they enjoyed the shopping.

FlutterinBantam

Wilson spoke in "statesmanlike" tones for the full duration.

Totally different from her normal delivery.

Kept calling Washington "this town" a la the locals.

Didn't pull it off in my opinion.

Terry prone obviously has a big foot inside the RTE door, probably does a lot of corporate stuff for them.

Wouldn't crib too much about the numbers, just Wilson didn't seem to have the "weight" to carry the thing off.

Ron DMC

Who was that wagon that said she was crying the whole way through the speech? I mean, wtf, can't RTÉ get some guests on that can hold themselves together for a freakin' speech?

Cole

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

Who was that wagon that said she was crying the whole way through the speech? I mean, wtf, can't RTÉ get some guests on that can hold themselves together for a freakin' speech?

I think that might have been Marie-Louise O'Donnell. She was on with Pat Kenny this morning talking about how emotional she was during his speech...cringe inducing stuff.

Native Hawk

Again - more tax payers money being wasted and nobody held responsible!

Wishbone Ash

Native Hawk wrote: »

Again - more tax payers money being wasted and nobody held responsible!

Steady on - after 4 negative posts you deduct that it was a waste of tax payers money. Perhaps there are thousands out there who thought it was excellent!

humberklog

It did give us back Rachael for a while. Back today too. I wanna be the meat in a Aine Lawlor/ Rachael sambo.

Waste of tax payers money? I don't get that line. What alternative? Dickhead Bird out thwattling about on his lonesome reporting back to base on what he's interpreting? Nonsense. RTE's the national broadcaster and it's its duty to pull the stops out at such historical events. Ok I don't think it got it fully right in that Wilson was out of kilter, but that's how it goes: sometimes your presenters can lose sight and miss the listener. But on the whole I thought it a pretty decent stab. But in no way does a waste of taxes come into it.

Utopia Parkway

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Wouldn't crib too much about the numbers, just Wilson didn't seem to have the "weight" to carry the thing off.

If it was weight you were looking for George Hook was covering it over on Newstalk.:D