The Last Word

quintana76

quintana76 wrote: »

Any news about Dil. Were the other media outlets queuing up for her services after she got sacked for refusing to do her job until Hook got fired. That w***** Chris Donahue ended up getting a cushy number as media advisor to Simon Coveney despite the fact that his radio programme was a disaster and he was Hook's Brutus, first with the knife.
Says a lot about our elite and society when failures with the correct views get the golden egg.

Dil had alison spittle on her podcast, talking on identity politics....that must have pleased her 5 listners

edit, it was Alison's podcast

NIMAN

dominatinMC wrote: »

Whoever came up with the idea for the "6 at 6" should be fired! A platform for Susan Keogh to talk ****e

TLW is now all about style over substance.

A once very good show ruined.

ezra_

NIMAN wrote: »

TLW is now all about style over substance.

A once very good show ruined.

On the evening commute, I used to listen to the TLW, finding it much better than Drivetime.

Drivetime has been the station of choice for the last couple of years now. It seemed the election of Trump marked a shift in TLW.

Ursus Horribilis

Trump, unfortunately, is the biggest news story in the world. We're all participating in the world's largest reality TV show.

No, the Last Word started going down the toilet when the producer changed and (I'm guessing) the newsroom started to fill up with snowflake SJWs. It has also suffered because of that despicable ban on Irish Times journalists appearing on Communicorp stations. Why hasn't action been taken over that, by the way? (No, don't answer that...we know <redacted> and how far his power stretches). When you're relying on people who work for TheJournal.ie as contributors you know you're in trouble.

PhoneMain

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Trump, unfortunately, is the biggest news story in the world. We're all participating in the world's largest reality TV show.

No, the Last Word started going down the toilet when the producer changed and (I'm guessing) the newsroom started to fill up with snowflake SJWs. It has also suffered because of that despicable ban on Irish Times journalists appearing on Communicorp stations. Why hasn't action been taken over that, by the way? (No, don't answer that...we know <redacted> and how far his power stretches). When you're relying on people who work for TheJournal.ie as contributors you know you're in trouble.

I heard hugh leneghan on an irish times advert on either newstalk or today fm. Couldnt get over the hypocrisy

amlinopta

The six at six lark. Story to do with Uranus. And a hole. Like something an eight year old in primary school might find funny. Laughs all around for Matt and the newsreader. Painful stuff.

Dr_serious2

There is hope for Matt yet, he was calling out the stupidity of Marion McKeown et al. about Serena Williams being mistreated due to her sex. This is the second time in a week he has shown some backbone. I believe he is reading our criticism and taking it on board 😂

djemba djemba

I know shows have TV slots. But the last word have just spent the last 25 minutes playing theme songs. The show is really a shadow of it's former self.

jay0109

djemba djemba wrote: »

I know shows have TV slots. But the last word have just spent the last 25 minutes playing theme songs. The show is really a shadow of it's former self.

I had to switch it off around 6.30pm when the theme tune bit started and put the radio back on just before 7pm to switch to Off the Ball and they were still talking theme tunes!
Empty radio

Dr_serious2

Where does Matt get his contributors?

Both of the idiots on with him agree with the travellers in Tipperary who insisted on stables with their huge free social housing. The female contributor even said the government should have considered stables as they were such a huge part of traveller culture.

I would wager that 9/10 people would take the contrary view but Matt and his PC team manage to find a panel wholly comprising of people with these moronic ideas. Infuriating, get some balance for f**k sake.

marno21

Dr_serious2 wrote: »

Where does Matt get his contributors?

Both of the idiots on with him agree with the travellers in Tipperary who insisted on stables with their huge free social housing. The female contributor even said the government should have considered stables as they were such a huge part of traveller culture.

I would wager that 9/10 people would take the contrary view but Matt and his PC team manage to find a panel wholly comprising of people with these moronic ideas. Infuriating, get some balance for f**k sake.

In the interests of not putting your fist through the window, I think it's good policy these days to tune into TLW at 5pm on Fridays. Some of the stuff that comes out before that is just bizarre

quintana76

Dr_serious2 wrote: »

Where does Matt get his contributors?

Both of the idiots on with him agree with the travellers in Tipperary who insisted on stables with their huge free social housing. The female contributor even said the government should have considered stables as they were such a huge part of traveller culture.

I would wager that 9/10 people would take the contrary view but Matt and his PC team manage to find a panel wholly comprising of people with these moronic ideas. Infuriating, get some balance for f**k sake.

It is just an example of the exalted circles in which Matt and his media ilk mix. Anything in relation to reality or real popular opinion is instantly haughtily dismissed. Harruphed at as some ill informed, cheeky ideas above their station from the plebs.
Matt and his media/NGO mates know better, they are there to educate us. We are ever so lucky to have them to guide us on the road to liberal utopia.

NIMAN

There is no debate any more. Surely if you are going to discuss that issue about nearly €2m worth of houses being turned down, you'd have someone from both sides of the argument?

TLW is often just an echo chamber of similar views.

Ursus Horribilis

There should always be debate and an opposing view. We might not always like what the other side has to say but it should be aired.

jay0109

Dr_serious2 wrote: »

Where does Matt get his contributors?

Both of the idiots on with him agree with the travellers in Tipperary who insisted on stables with their huge free social housing. The female contributor even said the government should have considered stables as they were such a huge part of traveller culture.

I would wager that 9/10 people would take the contrary view but Matt and his PC team manage to find a panel wholly comprising of people with these moronic ideas. Infuriating, get some balance for f**k sake.

The 2 beauts this evening were Pamela Joyce (Today FM presenter) and Eoghan McDermott (a regular contributor from The Communications Clinic which has as it's boss Terry Prone. She who tried to shut down the Tuam babies case on behalf of her clients, The Bon Secours Sisters. But that hasn't stopped her and her team still being the go-to contributors for all and everything on the Irish radio and TV).

Eoghan has to be the most PC man in Ireland and that's saying something. He started the Traveler piece with a disclaimer, warning Matt he'd be inundated with hateful messages to the show as Travellers are still treated as fair game for all sorts of bile/hate by the general Irish public.

Pamela seemed shocked, not at the 1.7m price tag for 6 houses being given away for free to people who'd probably never worked a day in their lives, that no one thought of putting in stables. She went as far as to call it a 'bizarre' decision. Culture waffle, way of life, waffle.

Matts main contributions was to say that everyone supported the idea of social housing and he also read just the 1 message from the many he admitted had come in, which was full of irony about 'culture'. "Moving swiftly on" was his response to that.

I guess it's that indifference to his listeners that has turned the show into such a limp wristed effort with an ever decreasing audience

JoeA3

Thankfully I didn't hear it... but FFS... actually siding with this "ethic minority" who turn down free homes because free stables aren't included? What the actual fcuk. It's only god damn idiots that pay mortgages

If it was a Waterford Whispers News sketch I'd say they're pushing credibility...

jay0109

Mick Wallace on discussing the retirement of Supt David Taylor before he got fired/disciplinary procedures were taken.

Why is Wallace on discussing something like this?!? He's just mumbled for 2 minutes flat and eventually came out making excuses for why Taylor shouldn't lose his pension.
What do you think Wallace is going to say about someone who's got caught doing the state a dis-service :mad:

Imhof Tank

jay0109 wrote: »

Mick Wallace on discussing the retirement of Supt David Taylor before he got fired/disciplinary procedures were taken.

Why is Wallace on discussing something like this?!? He's just mumbled for 2 minutes flat and eventually came out making excuses for why Taylor shouldn't lose his pension.
What do you think Wallace is going to say about someone who's got caught doing the state a dis-service :mad:

Its Maurice McCabe he did a disservice to, and he has options now - including possible civil defamation case against Taylor and Callinan, get at their pensions that way.

Allinall

jay0109 wrote: »

Mick Wallace on discussing the retirement of Supt David Taylor before he got fired/disciplinary procedures were taken.

Why is Wallace on discussing something like this?!? He's just mumbled for 2 minutes flat and eventually came out making excuses for why Taylor shouldn't lose his pension.
What do you think Wallace is going to say about someone who's got caught doing the state a dis-service :mad:

He was one of those who shed a light on the whole scandal in the first place.

Why shouldn’t he comment on the fallout?

hullaballoo

People have very short memories is why.

Wallace isn't exactly my favourite politician but he has done some job for one man in bringing the rot to light.

NIMAN

Allinall wrote: »

He was one of those who shed a light on the whole scandal in the first place.

Why shouldn’t he comment on the fallout?

Maybe as he's did something quite illegal himself back in the day, didn't he?

Allinall

NIMAN wrote: »

Maybe as he's did something quite illegal himself back in the day, didn't he?

How is that in any way relevant?

jay0109

Allinall wrote: »

How is that in any way relevant?

Even Wallace doesn't have a neck thick enough to come on the national airwaves demanding hell and brimstone in terms of financial penalties on someone who has been caught out like Taylor.
There's a certain element of double standards at play that even he recognised if you listen to his mumblings in the peice

jay0109

Promo piece for Michael D, co-hosted by Matt, on now

For Forks Sake

jay0109 wrote: »

Promo piece for Michael D, co-hosted by Matt, on now

All candidates are being given the same airtime, he had Peter Casey on to make a show of himself (again) afterwards.

jay0109

They're all being given the same air time alright, it's the quality of that airtime I'm questioning!

canonball5

I couldn't believe how poor Matt was with Michael D yesterday. Some of the questions were just bizarre and straight rude!

robo

canonball5 wrote: »

I couldn't believe how poor Matt was with Michael D yesterday. Some of the questions were just bizarre and straight rude!

I didn't hear Michael D's and I'm wondering now should I listen back.

I did listen to Peter Casey & the man was hilarious! But what was gas, was how he mentioned several times how he had more to show and he would get him point across over the next week and a half and sure isn't a week a long time in politics, so this morning it dawned on me that 12 hours is a long time in politics with the Indos podcast...what was he thinking! Does this man not employ any kind of common sense or PR guru to advise him on what NOT to say (truth or not) to get the votes or is he clutching at straws.
I am nearly believing more and more that Matt's theory was right - Peter will ask the questions of Michael D whilst Gavin Duffy can sail into the Aras!

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Jennifer Gannon on another muddled anti "straight white men" rant.

Matt silent as usual.

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5555555555 wrote: »

Jennifer Gannon on another muddled anti "straight white men" rant.

Matt silent as usual.

Saw the tweet about her going on about comedy’s being too offensive.... let me guess she’s offended by inbetweenets and the like