Do professional contrarians make much money?

mariaalice

There are a few in the Irish media one well known one was on news talk today.

Is it a good career move if you are a journalist? is it a persona they adopt to make themselves stand out in a crowded field and finely is it lucrative as a career move in media circles.

jimgoose

This sounds like my dream job..

frag420

mariaalice wrote: »

There are a few in the Irish media one well known one was on news talk today.

Is it a good career move if you are a journalist? is it a persona they adopt to make themselves stand out in a crowded field and finely is it lucrative as a career move in media circles.

I professionally disagree with you on this....

mariaalice

frag420 wrote: »

I professionally disagree with you on this....

Well I can pick out two and if you google them its is interesting how many time they were sued or skirted close to the wind that is what lead me to think it must be a tacit to up their profile of course if the organisation they work for gets sued its not great career wise but sailing close to the wind is good for the publicity.

If they are the male of the species they never describe themselves as a man they are a bloke and the word bloke can be bracketed with ordinary depending on who the audience is and they are telling it like it is ( according to them anyway).

Winterlong

If I got paid for been grumpy I would be rich.
But my opinions are not newsworthy - so I dont.

mariaalice

Winterlong wrote: »

If I got paid for been grumpy I would be rich.
But my opinions are not newsworthy - so I dont.

What make a columnist new worthy though? and your or anyone else opinion not.

Winterlong

mariaalice wrote: »

What make a columnist new worthy though? and your or anyone else opinion not.

My opinions would not be controversial enough.

The only way I would be a shock jock is if someone put 220 volts down my trousers.

jimgoose

mariaalice wrote: »

What make a columnist new worthy though? and your or anyone else opinion not.

The professional media equivalent of the big, thick-looking youngfella in the playground responding to every rational argument with "Yeah! Your sister!!" :pac:

frag420

mariaalice wrote: »

Well I can pick out two and if you google them its is interesting how many time they were sued or skirted close to the wind that is what lead me to think it must be a tacit to up their profile of course if the organisation they work for gets sued its not great career wise but sailing close to the wind is good for the publicity.

If they are the male of the species they never describe themselves as a man they are a bloke and the word bloke can be bracketed with ordinary depending on who the audience is and they are telling it like it is ( according to them anyway).

No need, I was being contrary

Sleepy

It's a handy gig for the well-connected old curmudgeon / "bright" young thing who wasted their education doing a gender studies and journalism degree.

The main qualification for the job would seem to be having played Leinster Schools Cup Rugby with the right people (or having a Daddy who did) or having a parent who worked for RTE.

The rest of us have Boards.ie / the comments section of The Journal / youtube etc.

mariaalice

Sleepy wrote: »

It's a handy gig for the well-connected old curmudgeon / "bright" young thing who wasted their education doing a gender studies and journalism degree.

The main qualification for the job would seem to be having played Leinster Schools Cup Rugby with the right people (or having a Daddy who did) or having a parent who worked for RTE.

The rest of us have Boards.ie / the comments section of The Journal / youtube etc.

I don't read the Sunday independent.

Samaris

Like anything else, it depends if your contrarian opinion is fashionable at the time. Who does it benefit and are they willing to pay well for "professional voices" to be regurgitating helpful lines?

Go back forty years and you'd probably get a couple of well-paid jobs shilling for the tobacco industry, for instance, especially if you have a PhD behind your name.

With journalists, I don't know. Maybe? Ask Gene Kerrigan, he seems to be fairly permanently grumpy at the world.

Donald Trump

I think it's pronounced:
Professional cunt-trary-ians

WoollyRedHat

frag420 wrote: »

No need, I was being contrary

No you weren't.

Sleepy

mariaalice wrote: »

I don't read the Sunday independent.

I wouldn't use it to line a litter tray...