RTE News live links getting "moron-bombed"

Harry Palmr

Second time in three days I think, someone doing a piece to camera on the streets of Dublin being disrupted by tools.

Atlantic Dawn

It's too easy really, they have no protection where they are doing the interviews, TV3 normally have Ursula in a doorway facing across from the entrance to the Dail.

murpho999

Why do RTE have an obsession with outdoor live news broadcasts, particularly from outside Government buildings.

Just do it from a studio and eliminate these incidents.

HeidiHeidi

They got permission recently to do broadcasts from inside the gates of Leinster House (on the Kildare St side) to stop this - why didn't they come up with a similar arrangement for Merrion St while they were at it?

NIMAN

Because I'll not be able to make sense of the story unless the reporter is standing outside a building thats being mentioned in the report..

infogiver

It's only a matter of time before some nut job tries something nasty.
The journalists union need to step in here.

somesoldiers

There was a lad with an anti-abortion placard who kept interrupting the live broadcast on Friday evening last I think it was.
Idiots, but it is a free country Joe, they can walk where they like.

Reminds me of the time at the ploughing one of them off Expose was trying to do a walking heads piece through the crowds and kept getting frustrated that the other 80k people attending were walking on her "catwalk"

Duggie2012

one thing that always bother me was say if its lashing rain, why the need to do the broadcast oitside. eeeh could you not just find a sheltered spot no?

DubTony

I'm looking forward to somebody bombing one of the vast numbers of videos of peoples legs.

gctest50

Duggie2012 wrote: »

one thing that always bother me was say if its lashing rain, why the need to do the broadcast oitside. eeeh could you not just find a sheltered spot no?

Because it shows the dedication

reason vs religion

I think it adds colour and variety. Would be terribly boring if the camera just moved from one section of the studio to another.

ronnie085

Does it not make sense if the reporter is on site watching precidings, talking to sources, looking for interviews etc, easier than trying to make it across the city to get to the studio to report.

expectationlost

ronnie085 wrote: »

Does it not make sense if the reporter is on site watching precidings, talking to sources, looking for interviews etc, easier than trying to make it across the city to get to the studio to report.

is there not a studio in Leinster house?

feez

ronnie085 wrote: »

Does it not make sense if the reporter is on site watching precidings, talking to sources, looking for interviews etc, easier than trying to make it across the city to get to the studio to report.

This is the main reason why they are on site. Also the news director wants the backdrop so that it looks like they are actually there getting the latest stories.
It's much easier to do the live reports outside, you don't have problems with permission and access, cable runs, trip hazards, room for cameraman, lights etc.

robbiezero

somesoldiers wrote: »

There was a lad with an anti-abortion placard who kept interrupting the live broadcast on Friday evening last I think it was.
Idiots, but it is a free country Joe, they can walk where they like.

Reminds me of the time at the ploughing one of them off Expose was trying to do a walking heads piece through the crowds and kept getting frustrated that the other 80k people attending were walking on her "catwalk"

You were ploughing one of them off Expose?