Primetime - cutting edge or tabloid trash?

Lemondrop kid

Dole busters, petty thief - all with rollin camera.
Important informative journalism or tabloid nonsense?

Richard Dower

It's been tosh for yonks....don't watch Irish television!

M450

Sure didn't he go back and pay for everything! Nothing was stolen... haha

Reginald P. DuM

I watched both of these PT Specials and to be honest there was nothing new in any of what they reported. The dogs on the street know there is massive amounts of public money being defrauded in our welfare system. Similarly a walk around Dublin city on any given day one can see these yokes who make a living robbing in order to feed habits. The drug dealing is plain to see also.

RTE is public service broadcaster is no doubt in feels justified in producing this type of journalism. Personally I voted trash tv. I might add they would perhaps be worth showing if our government were actually going to do something about it. Our revloving door system of justice, and taking a tenner a week of a dole cheat aint going to deter anyone from taking the chance. These type of shows appear periodically.

Lemondrop kid

Reginald P. DuM wrote: »

I watched both of these PT Specials and to be honest there was nothing new in any of what they reported. The dogs on the street know there is massive amounts of public money being defrauded in our welfare system. Similarly a walk around Dublin city on any given day one can see these yokes who make a living robbing in order to feed habits. The drug dealing is plain to see also.

'Sactly. What are PT at? Trying to scare the populace? Drivel. (i voted trash:D)

RTE is public service broadcaster is no doubt in feels justified in producing this type of journalism. Personally I voted trash tv. I might add they would perhaps be worth showing if our government were actually going to do something about it.Sad fact is the last one inspired a dail 'debate'. Is this where our politians get their cue?

Our revloving door system of justice, and taking a tenner a week of a dole cheat aint going to deter anyone from taking the chance. These type of shows appear periodically.

:pac: I see tonight they're investigating bankers, well at least now they have an appropriate target!

AnonoBoy

I just found it depressing.

97i9y3941

i had no sympathy for them people,they got themselfs into it...

Mark Surname

Tabloid I would say. I do like investigative programs in Ireland though. We need more of these.

Mark Surname

4got to say, ordinary primetime is good tho.

sneem-man

M450 wrote: »

Sure didn't he go back and pay for everything! Nothing was stolen... haha

I thought the Female junkie thief with the kids was hilarious

Our man in Havana

Tabloid Daily Mail type trash. Don't even watch that much anymore.

Blurred out squad cars and blurred out theives don't make good tv.

Elmo

I actually thought it was thought provoking and funny.

They could have easily provided us with a "These are the scum of the earth" type voice over and reporting.

What they did was to look at petty criminals and didn't in any way romanticize their deals, if anything they showed the systems lack of creditability, the scourge of drugs and depression on Ireland and the hypocrisy that we have in this country towards other people.

The most interest piece of the film and the most telling was the 3 managers of the NCI surrounding one of the guy who took up a place in their college. They showed their complete ignorance to his way of life, but to me it was an uncomfortable moment for him, them and the audience.

In saying all of this - I did think it lacked any real investigation into the issues that surround petty crime, rather it was overly focus on the committing of crime and the attitudes of those committing the crimes.

Neither cutting edge nor tabloid IMO.

susanroth

Elmo wrote: »

I actually thought it was thought provoking and funny.

They could have easily provided us with a "These are the scum of the earth" type voice over and reporting.

What they did was to look at petty criminals and didn't in any way romanticize their deals, if anything they showed the systems lack of creditability, the scourge of drugs and depression on Ireland and the hypocrisy that we have in this country towards other people.

The most interest piece of the film and the most telling was the 3 managers of the NCI surrounding one of the guy who took up a place in their college. They showed their complete ignorance to his way of life, but to me it was an uncomfortable moment for him, them and the audience.

In saying all of this - I did think it lacked any real investigation into the issues that surround petty crime, rather it was overly focus on the committing of crime and the attitudes of those committing the crimes.

Neither cutting edge nor tabloid IMO.

Agree..

The Express

The primetime team are 'having fun' with microcams lately. Cheap screen time and 'stating the bleedin' obvious' voiceovers added in post production.

What did we learn from this week's programme, or last weeks for that matter. Nowt we didn't know already.

This episode isn't far removed from something you'd see on sky1 at one in the morning.