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RTÉ news coverage of Ryan's funeral.

  • 07-03-2011 08:16PM
    #1
    endakenny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 956 ✭✭✭


    The funeral of Gerry Ryan was top story on RTÉ News on the day it took place. I'm aware that he presented a popular radio show and that his drug use was not public knowledge until the inquest. However, he never held an office of state, he was not a professional journalist, he was not the victim of a crime and he did not commit suicide. Therefore, there was no justification for RTÉ putting the funeral report at the top of its news bulletins.


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  • #2
    milehip1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 458 ✭✭milehip1


    eh delayed reaction? or was there some reason you're posting this today?


  • #3
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Ryanline is open again :-)


  • #4
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    endakenny wrote: »
    The funeral of Gerry Ryan was top story on RTÉ News on the day it took place. I'm aware that he presented a popular radio show and that his drug use was not public knowledge until the inquest. However, he never held an office of state, he was not a professional journalist, he was not the victim of a crime and he did not commit suicide. Therefore, there was no justification for RTÉ putting the funeral report at the top of its news bulletins.

    He was a figure of public interest. Therefore RTE had every right to put broadcast it.
    RTE will broadcast what its viewers will watch. The majority of Ryan listeners were elderly people who would have liked to attend the funeral but couldnt so watching it on TV was the next best thing.

    FYI: He did not hold an office of the state.


  • #5
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Hogzy wrote: »
    He was a figure of public interest. Therefore RTE had every right to put broadcast it..

    I think The OP was questioning whether it merited top billing as opposed to whether it should have been featured per se ? For the record Im inclined to agree with him on this point.
    endakenny wrote: »
    he was not the victim of a crime.
    This is somewhat debatable even if his own part in his demise is not entirely without question either

    endakenny wrote: »
    and he did not commit suicide. .
    Nobody "commits" suicide. Suicide is not a crime.


  • #6
    Taceom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭Taceom


    endakenny wrote: »
    The funeral of Gerry Ryan was top story on RTÉ News on the day it took place. I'm aware that he presented a popular radio show and that his drug use was not public knowledge until the inquest. However, he never held an office of state, he was not a professional journalist, he was not the victim of a crime and he did not commit suicide. Therefore, there was no justification for RTÉ putting the funeral report at the top of its news bulletins.

    ...and your point is?


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  • #7
    endakenny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 956 ✭✭✭endakenny


    Hogzy wrote: »
    FYI: He did not hold an office of the state.
    I said that he never held an office of state.


  • #8
    endakenny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 956 ✭✭✭endakenny


    Taceom wrote: »
    ...and your point is?
    My point is that RTÉ News appeared to be dumbing down. RTÉ is the national public service broadcaster. Therefore, news that is relevant to the nation i.e. politics, crime etc, should always be put first. An example of dumbing down of news is that of the news from ITN on the ITV network from March 1999 onwards.


  • #9
    endakenny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 956 ✭✭✭endakenny


    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Nobody "commits" suicide. Suicide is not a crime.
    The term "commit suicide" is still widely used. Don't take it literally.


  • #10
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    endakenny wrote: »
    The term "commit suicide" is still widely used.
    It shouldnt be. -Particularly in a thread bemoaning the quality of news reporting.
    endakenny wrote: »
    news that is relevant to the nation i.e. politics, crime etc, .

    A cynic might query if theres a difference between the two :pac:

    But seriously a PSB shouldnt go overboard on crime coverage either.

    Local TV news in the States is pretty heavy on crime stories and is held in poor regard by many observers for this very reason.
    Hogzy wrote: »
    He was a figure of public interest.
    "Pubic interest" and "THE public interest"are not always the same thing. RTE should be principally concerned with the latter. The former is more TV3 territory.


  • #11
    SPDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭SPDUB


    endakenny wrote: »
    My point is that RTÉ News appeared to be dumbing down. RTÉ is the national public service broadcaster. Therefore, news that is relevant to the nation i.e. politics, crime etc, should always be put first. An example of dumbing down of news is that of the news from ITN on the ITV network from March 1999 onwards.

    And this has so outraged you that you had to put fingers to keyboard as fast as possible :rolleyes:


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