RTE and religion

Dodge

The RTE news twitter account just retweeted a message from the Pope.

https://twitter.com/rtenews


Have they retweeted other religious leaders? I doubt it.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds this, at best, odd or, at worst, downright disgraceful

I realise this could be some junior in charge of the account and it may be a simple error but I'd like to know the views of others

NinjaK

disgraceful? get a life

humanji

If this is the worst thing to happen to you today, then count yourself lucky.

Frank Black

A simple solution to the problem of your disgust might be not to follow the rte twitter newsfeed.

Dodge

NinjaK wrote: »

disgraceful? get a life

TO be clear, I was asking if others found it disgraceful. I'm closer to thinking its 'odd'

I just don't think a TV station should show any religious (or political bias)

Attabear

Dodge wrote: »

The RTE news twitter account just retweeted a message from the Pope.

https://twitter.com/rtenews


Have they retweeted other religious leaders? I doubt it.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds this, at best, odd or, at worst, downright disgraceful

I realise this could be some junior in charge of the account and it may be a simple error but I'd like to know the views of others

I'd venture to say a lot of people wont care.

kneemos

Dodge wrote: »

Fair enough, I just don't think a TV statiion should show any religious (or political bias)

A newsworthy event is it not?

Attabear

Dodge wrote: »

Fair enough, I just don't think a TV statiion should show any religious (or political bias)

RTE have a definite religious bias. Wasn't there a thread on here about the Angelus recently?

Pompey Magnus

The BBC have an entire news story about his tweet, is that even worse?

Lenin Skynard

It would bother me more if they felt that they couldn't re-tweet it for fear of offending this anti-religion crowd.

brandon_flowers

Watch Al Jazeera much?

Zamboni

kneemos wrote: »

A newsworthy event is it not?

That a religious leader joined twitter?
No, not at all.

BensonSlide

Who gives a fúck.

Dodge

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

The BBC have an entire news story about his tweet, is that even worse?

I don't think so. To be honest I'm more on the "that's a bit odd" side than the 'downright disgraceful' side

I'm guessing others see it as more newsworthy than me. But AFAIK RTE news havemn't retweeted any other individuals/organisaton, thats why I found it weird

Dodge

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

It would bother me more if they felt that they couldn't re-tweet it for fear of offending this anti-religion crowd.

I'm not anti-religion. I'm anti religious bias.

humanji

Dodge wrote: »

I don't think so. To be honest I'm more on the "that's a bit odd" side than the 'downright disgraceful' side

I'm guessing others see it as more newsworthy than me. But AFAIK RTE news havemn't retweeted any other individuals/organisaton, thats why I found it weird

Well why can BBC report it and RTE can't mention it?

electrobanana

Well in fairness the Angelus is the most gripping show on RTE and has been for some time..its all about the ratings man

kraggy

OP, it's simply because he opened his account this/last week. That's why it's newsworthy.

I doubt they'll make it a habit.

Dodge

humanji wrote: »

Well why can BBC report it and RTE can't mention it?

Again, it was more the direct retweeting of it that struck me as odd. If they had a story "the Pope has started to tweet..." such as BBC had I probably wouldn't even notice.

The 'oddness' was the fact that they retweeted it, something they don't usually do

I posted here to see if others agreed/disagreed

NinjaK

Dodge wrote: »

I'm not anti-religion. I'm anti religious bias.

If it was the BBC and they posted a tweet from the Queen of England would you be bitching about it?

OneArt

Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

Oh my God, shut UP!

Why is everyone here obsessed with religion? SHUT UP!!

For Buddha's sake SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!

ArRRGH!!!!

Dodge

NinjaK wrote: »

If it was the BBC and they posted a tweet from the Queen of England would you be bitching about it?

No. I'd find it odd if they retweeted the Archbishop of Canterbruy though (and only him).

But right enough I'd be more interested in what happens in Ireland

humanji

It's twitter. They can only use a certain amount of characters in each tweet, nearly all of which was used to retweet the Pope. There was not much else to say.

Also, what other major religious figures started using Twitter after RTE did? The only one that comes close is the Dali Lama, and I remember a news story on that. There isn't really any others that the public would know.

BensonSlide

OneArt wrote: »

Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

Oh my God, shut UP!

Why is everyone here obsessed with religion? SHUT UP!!

For Buddha's sake SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!

ArRRGH!!!!

Military-style jackets, the poetry of Serge Gainsbourg, gin cocktails, the Nokia 920 and internet atheism are so in at the moment.

Dodge

humanji wrote: »

Also, what other major religious figures started using Twitter after RTE did? The only one that comes close is the Dali Lama, and I remember a news story on that. There isn't really any others that the public would know.

Good point. Can't criticise them too much for bias when there's no similar situation to compare it too

padd b1975

Dodge wrote: »

Good point. Can't criticise them too much for bias when there's no similar situation to compare it too

Nice headshot on your OP there.

humanji

But, on the other hand, RTE would have a predominantly Catholic audience. So there would be a certain amount of bias to that, possibly to a slightly lesser extent that the Royals on BBC.

Cienciano

It was a big news story on twitter. What would the popes first tweet be. RTE news are reporting the news, not religious propaganda, big difference. They're doing their job.

Cienciano

Wonder how many people followed the pope out of curiosity have now unfollowed after seeing his last 2 tweets?

LivelineDipso

Unless the Holy Father is tweeting an image of an altar boy wearing leaderhosen fisting him over an SS grave then I am not interested.

Stop wasting our time.

Mint Sauce

Dodge wrote: »

TO be clear, I was asking if others found it disgraceful. I'm closer to thinking its 'odd'

I just don't think a TV station should show any religious (or political bias)

Its never stopped RTE before.

Dodge

padd b1975 wrote: »

Nice headshot on your OP there.

ha, it wasn't a point scoring thread. Questions asked, then answered.

We all friends again?

Dodge

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Unless the Holy Father is tweeting an image of an altar boy wearing leaderhosen fisting him over an SS grave then I am not interested.

Stop wasting our time.

You're on an 'After Hours' forum on the internet at 11.30 ona Tuesday and you're NOT looking to waste time?

padd b1975

Dodge wrote: »

ha, it wasn't a point scoring thread. Questions asked, then answered.

We all friends again?

We were never enemies.:cool:

kneemos

Does a bear **** in the woods?

Pompey Magnus

The Pope is the leader of the single biggest religion on Earth, that is why his first tweet is more newsworthy than the first tweet of the Moderator of the Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland.

Just as how RTE retweeted Barack Obama after his election victory a few months ago but didn't retweet anything from Algirdas Butkevičius after he was elected Prime Minister of Lithuania a few days later.

Attabear

kneemos wrote: »

Does a bear **** in the woods?

How dare you!:mad:

ejmaztec

Dodge wrote: »

I'm not anti-religion. I'm anti religious bias.

I find it ironic that someone complains about RTE's religious bias in a forum where anti-religious bias predominates.

CruelCoin

Dodge wrote: »

The RTE news twitter account just retweeted a message from the Pope.

https://twitter.com/rtenews


Have they retweeted other religious leaders? I doubt it.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds this, at best, odd or, at worst, downright disgraceful

I realise this could be some junior in charge of the account and it may be a simple error but I'd like to know the views of others

And now the angelis:

DANNNNNNNNGGGGGG DAANNNNNGGGGG "knackers pushing prams clip" DAANNNNNGGGGG "waves crashing majestically upon the shore clip" DANNNGGGGG

Retweeting a message from the pope is no worse that that crap each evening.

Dodge

ejmaztec wrote: »

I find it ironic that someone complains about RTE's religious bias in a forum where anti-religious bias predominates.

Are you equating the State broadcaster with individual posters on an open internet forum?

You don't see a difference there?

BensonSlide

Ring Joe Duffy about it.

ejmaztec

Dodge wrote: »

Are you equating the State broadcaster with individual posters on an open internet forum?

You don't see a difference there?

When most of the posters are anti-religious, "individual" doesn't come into it.

People pushing agendas bore me, whether that agenda be pro or anti religion.

Dodge

ejmaztec wrote: »

When most of the posters are anti-religious, "individual" doesn't come into it.

People pushing agendas bore me, whether that agenda be pro or anti religion.

Fine, but thats still a world away from the State Broadcaster doing the same

ejmaztec

Dodge wrote: »

Fine, but thats still a world away from the State Broadcaster doing the same

Send them a letter of complaint, or stand outside RTE and wave a placard, I would if I weren't more concerned with more important issues like counting dots on the wall-paper.

9959

ejmaztec wrote: »

Send them a letter of complaint, or stand outside RTE and wave a placard, I would if I weren't more concerned with more important issues like counting dots on the wall-paper.

Eye Floaters, Flashes and Spots by Marilyn Haddrill

"Eye Floaters are those tiny spots, flecks and "cobwebs" that drift aimlessly around in your field of vision..................


..............If you see a shower of floaters and spots, sometimes accompanied by light flashes, you should seek medical attention immediately"

Hope this helps.

Penn

Dodge wrote: »

You're on an 'After Hours' forum on the internet at 11.30 ona Tuesday and you're NOT looking to waste time?

It's Wednesday.

ejmaztec

9959 wrote: »

Eye Floaters, Flashes and Spots by Marilyn Haddrill

"Eye Floaters are those tiny spots, flecks and "cobwebs" that drift aimlessly around in your field of vision..................


..............If you see a shower of floaters and spots, sometimes accompanied by light flashes, you should seek medical attention immediately"

Hope this helps.

The only things drifting aimlessly around in my field of vision are some of the posters on here.:P

I make certain that the wallpaper has static dots before I start counting.

Dodge

Penn wrote: »

It's Wednesday.

Maybe according to YOUR God!

bb1234567

Dodge wrote: »

The RTE news twitter account just retweeted a message from the Pope.

https://twitter.com/rtenews


Have they retweeted other religious leaders? I doubt it.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds this, at best, odd or, at worst, downright disgraceful

I realise this could be some junior in charge of the account and it may be a simple error but I'd like to know the views of others

Its not disgraceful, the absolute majority of people in this country are Catholic. Do you think they read out tweets from Jewish or Hindu leaders in Saudi Arabia or iraq? Or Buddihit tweets in Mexico? No, tweets from a certain religious leader will be read out in a country where that leaders religion is the majority or atleast very prevalent.

Dodge

bb1234567 wrote: »

Its not disgraceful, the absolute majority of people in this country are Catholic. Do you think they read out tweets from Jewish or Hindu leaders in Saudi Arabia or iraq? Or Buddihit tweets in Mexico? No, tweets from a certain religious leader will be read out in a country where that leaders religion is the majority or atleast very prevalent.

I'm not sure we should be holding up Saudi Arabia or Iraq as models to follow here

Dave!

Retweeting != endorsement