could the media save the economy?

joydivision

What if they made Irish football a bit glamourous . Followed rugby stars around like they were english footballers .
What if we got pictures of irish musicians and stories about their latest choice of jumper .
Huge amounts of money leave the country on foreign stuff we should be able to create here .
Shouldnt the tabloids owe it to the country they are selling in to promote irish stuff . Im sure rosanna davidson goes out in hotpants every other day but we get pictures of myley cyrus doing it .

Most teenagers in dublin are starting to talk in an american accent .
Irish films rarely make the pictures.
Im not great at explaining my points but you get where im going .

Chucken

joydivision wrote: »

but you get where im going .

I dont

Run_to_da_hills

Alternative media maybe.

kneemos

Nobody would care.

Richard Hillman

Joe will save us

joydivision

Like this ed sheeran fella . We get bombarded with him . You could walk up grafton street on a good day and find two or three irish lads that could do that job and get money rolling here .

mikemac1

Sacking Joe Duffy on his 400k and Marion Finuance on her 525k could fund a small town a school and a garda station

bb1234567

But people care about the actual celebrities, why would we all suddenly start following irish z celebs !?

joydivision

bb1234567 wrote: »

But people care about the actual celebrities, why would we all suddenly start following irish z celebs !?

Cause the media would tell us to . why are people interested in what selena gomes is wearing going the gym . Cause the media make it seem interesting .

squod

Like your thinking OP. I'd pay money to spin the wheel and pinch Gerry Mays arse on the sly. Media could save us. Arse pinching could bring back the 'tiger!

Potatoeman

joydivision wrote: »

could the media save the economy?.

Well they did destroy it by shoving property hype in our faces at every opportunity. I don't know if they can but they should as they have a lot to answer for.
They have successfully managed to shift the blame on developers and bankers and way from the financial regulator and the media themselves.

SafeSurfer

The media played a huge role in wrecking the economy with property porn and Brendan O' Connor articles.

So no.

joydivision

SafeSurfer wrote: »

The media played a huge role in wrecking the economy with property porn and Brendan O' Connor articles.

So no.

So they can convince people to mass purchase property at extortionate rates . Surely they could convince us that the blizzards make must have albums.

Chuck Stone

The media played its part in killing us. As for saving us?

Naa.

Red Hand

Boards can save us all. I can be a Jesus to each and every one of you.

BBDBB

show us another miracle Oh Lord

My name is URL

we get pictures of myley cyrus doing it .

The world is run by children these days... stupid sexy children.

Zen65

joydivision wrote: »

could the media save the economy?

Why would they want to? I suspect the mainstream media benefits more from the decay in the economy than it does from the boom, as bad news and public rage sell papers and hence advertising.

Z

joydivision

Zen65 wrote: »

Why would they want to? I suspect the mainstream media benefits more from the decay in the economy than it does from the boom, as bad news and public rage sell papers and hence advertising.

Z

Maybe enda could go all maverick and tell them theyd better or he will introduce a foreign media tabloid tax .

Death and Taxes

joydivision wrote: »

Maybe enda could go all maverick and tell them theyd better or he will introduce a foreign media tabloid tax .

Which would:
Be Illegal and,
Give foreign tabloids even greater publicity

Wacker The Attacker

joydivision wrote: »

What if they made Irish football a bit glamourous . Followed rugby stars around like they were english footballers .
What if we got pictures of irish musicians and stories about their latest choice of jumper .
Huge amounts of money leave the country on foreign stuff we should be able to create here .
Shouldnt the tabloids owe it to the country they are selling in to promote irish stuff . Im sure rosanna davidson goes out in hotpants every other day but we get pictures of myley cyrus doing it .

Most teenagers in dublin are starting to talk in an american accent .
Irish films rarely make the pictures.
Im not great at explaining my points but you get where im going .

Irish indigenous industry? Are you joking?

joydivision

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Which would:
Be Illegal and,
Give foreign tabloids even greater publicity

Im sure there are legal ways to put a bit of pressure on them .