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RTÉ gives you cancer

  • 21-12-2012 11:16am
    #1
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭


    On PK now and hardly an episode of liveline goes by without some mention of the disease.

    TV isn't much better. Its a common topic on the LLS.

    Why is the state broadcaster so obsessed with cancer?


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  • #2
    mike65
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    One in 3 people die of it, so there is definitely a market. The Daily Mail realised this years ago.


  • #3
    Skid
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    Lapin wrote: »
    Why is the state broadcaster so obsessed with cancer?

    Because there is hardly a family in the country who hasn't had someone suffer with that awful disease.

    Even though you grossly overstated the amount of coverage it gets, it is of some interest to most people.


  • #4
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    I agree it affects everyone but that doesn't mean everyone wants to listen to items covering the disease so often. I don't think I overstated the coverage RTÉ gives it.

    They cover it more than neighbouring broadcasters.


  • #5
    Skid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    Lapin wrote: »
    I don't think I overstated the coverage RTÉ gives it.
    hardly an episode of liveline goes by without some mention of the disease.

    TV isn't much better. Its a common topic on the LLS.

    That is just not true. Show me some evidence that it is mentioned on most episodes of Liveline.


  • #6
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Ah come on Skid.

    You're a regular on the Liveline thread here.

    How often do we see the phrases such as Misery Monday etc....?


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  • #7
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,084 ✭✭✭✭neris


    cancer and suicide are the two most popular causes of death on liveline


  • #8
    pcomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭pcomer


    "RTÉ gives you cancer" - it also gives you Liveline which is worse.


  • #9
    Skid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Skid


    Lapin wrote: »
    Ah come on Skid.

    You're a regular on the Liveline thread here.

    How often do we see the phrases such as Misery Monday etc....?

    I haven't posted on the Liveline thread in nearly a year, to be honest.

    But Misery comes in many forms, not just Cancer.


  • #10
    decisions
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭decisions


    Bad Science
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4MhbkWJzKk


  • #11
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    What % of airtime is given to cancer?


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  • #12
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Skid wrote: »
    Because there is hardly a family in the country who hasn't had someone suffer with that awful disease.

    Even though you grossly overstated the amount of coverage it gets, it is of some interest to most people.

    It is not "a disease", it's a vast family of diseases like "infections" or "cardiovascular illness" or "respiratory disorders".


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