Newstalk announces George Hook’s decision to retire from Newstalk

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Based on the twitter reaction this is as popular as getting rid of Paul Williams.

https://twitter.com/NewstalkFM/status/1065577795080855553

Newstalk's recent PR on the JNRL numbers didn't even mention George's show so I'd guess it wasn't getting the numbers.

https://www.newstalk.com/Newstalk-celebrates-769000-weekly-listeners

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Fann Linn

I'll miss George. A contrarian view is welcome these days.

George held on too long, became an increasingly agitated parody of himself. Nonetheless, he contributed somewhat to public life over decades and for that the man commands respect.

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His comments about the boy in Bray recently just again showed how much of an ass George has become.

I notice Pat Kenny has become the cranky moaning type on Newstalk now.

ELM327

Pity
Although the nail was in the coffin when they moved him to the weekends, wont get drivetime numbers at the weekend.

Harry Palmr

Not before time in truth, angry old man shouts at world is thin gruel for the most part.

Didn't know Williams had gone - I've avoided Breakfast for years now because of him.

two wheels good

Good news! I wish him a happy and private retirement. Condolances to the lovely Helga.

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two wheels good wrote: »

Good news! I wish him a happy and private retirement. Condolances to the lovely Helga.

Ingrid, no?

anthonyjmaher

Hook was so restricted in the topics that he was allowed to cover that the show was pointless anyway. Newstalk were too afraid that he would offend some the liberal TwitterNazis that seem to have complete control of the narrative in contemporary Ireland.

When the accusation was put to Newstalk of them only catering for particular opinions and ideologies, they responded by saying that Dil covered a more liberal view (with her show Victim Village) and then George Hook was representative of more conservative views. Having replaced George Hook with another bleeding heart, the painful Ciara Kelly, I wonder where they stand on that now.

It seems to me now that they have wall to wall social justice warriors, from the camp Kieren Cuddihy and Shane Coleman in the morning to Off The Ball in the evening. They do not represent the people who voted for Peter Casey or the people who voted no in the last two referenda.

Harry Palmr

They'll change when they perceive a niche for old white and right exists.

Given the listening demographics you'd have to reckon it's here esp as it's the young who have mainly abandoned radio as a listening habit.

I wonder if the advertisers are the key - they sell stuff to the one who spends the most money in a household and that's typically still the woman of the home so it could be that drumming up interest in a show which has little appeal to female listeners is hard work.

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anthonyjmaher wrote:

It seems to me now that they have wall to wall social justice warriors, from the camp Kieren Cuddihy and Shane Coleman in the morning to Off The Ball in the evening. They do not represent the people who voted for Peter Casey or the people who voted no in the last two referenda.

Radio catering for people that have never changed their mind on topics even things that are now commonly accepted. Sounds like fun radio.

Faugheen

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

Hook was so restricted in the topics that he was allowed to cover that the show was pointless anyway. Newstalk were too afraid that he would offend some the liberal TwitterNazis that seem to have complete control of the narrative in contemporary Ireland.

When the accusation was put to Newstalk of them only catering for particular opinions and ideologies, they responded by saying that Dil covered a more liberal view (with her show Victim Village) and then George Hook was representative of more conservative views. Having replaced George Hook with another bleeding heart, the painful Ciara Kelly, I wonder where they stand on that now.

It seems to me now that they have wall to wall social justice warriors, from the camp Kieren Cuddihy and Shane Coleman in the morning to Off The Ball in the evening. They do not represent the people who voted for Peter Casey or the people who voted no in the last two referenda.

Jesus Christ change the record. Everything isnt the social justice warriors fault, more those who are too stubborn to get with the times and continue to reminisce about the 'good old days' when divorce wasn't allowed, a man wasn't allowed to love another man and women couldn't choose what to do with their own bodies.

Maybe, just maybe, what was acceptable in the stone ages isn't acceptable now.

And they give plenty of platforms to the likes of Casey and other dinosaurs who voted no in the last two referenda so I don't know what you continue to cry about.

Snake Plisken

Faugheen wrote: »

Jesus Christ change the record. Everything isnt the social justice warriors fault, more those who are too stubborn to get with the times and continue to reminisce about the 'good old days' when divorce wasn't allowed, a man wasn't allowed to love another man and women couldn't choose what to do with their own bodies.

Maybe, just maybe, what was acceptable in the stone ages isn't acceptable now.

And they give plenty of platforms to the likes of Casey and other dinosaurs who voted no in the last two referenda so I don't know what you continue to cry about.

You seem triggered maybe go to your safe place!
George will be missed! Stabbed in the back by his so called colleagues what a mistake he made mentoring Judas Kelly who didn't stand by her friend and then had no issue taking his slot! Only one who stood up for him was Pat Kenny!

Faugheen

Snake Plisken wrote: »

You seem triggered maybe go to your safe place!
George will be missed! Stabbed in the back by his so called colleagues what a mistake he made mentoring Judas Kelly who didn't stand by her friend and then had no issue taking his slot! Only one who stood up for him was Pat Kenny!

Not triggered at all, I'm quite calm actually.

Just when you have to read the same bullsh!t over and over again it gets tiring.

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Faugheen wrote:

And they give plenty of platforms to the likes of Casey and other dinosaurs who voted no in the last two referenda so I don't know what you continue to cry about.

If anything, these types are highly over represented in the media.

maxwell smart

i'll miss the grumpy old windbag and hope he has a happy retirement.

I didn't agree with him on many topics but it was good to hear a dissenting voice on the radio and not the same bland PC crap the rest of them spout.

He was crucified for correctly saying that there are things we can do to avoid becoming victims of crime e.g. not getting drunk and going off somewhere with a group of people we’ve just met in a foreign country and the kid in Bray who'se illegally here...I wasn't no fan of his but the twitter bullys got their wish

TheRiverman

two wheels good wrote: »

Good news! I wish him a happy and private retirement. Condolances to the lovely Helga.

Ingrid.

anthonyjmaher

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

They do not represent the people who voted for Peter Casey or the people who voted no in the last two referenda.

That would be the minority then.

newcavanman

I had the privilege of meeting Kevin Myers at the rememberance day ceremony in Islandbridge. Just like Hookie, he was driven out by the SJW Brigade. There is very little independence of thought in the broadcast media in Ireland, and its getting less by the day

newcavanman

newcavanman wrote: »

I had the privilege of meeting Kevin Myers at the rememberance day ceremony in Islandbridge. Just like Hookie, he was driven out by the SJW Brigade. There is very little independence of thought in the broadcast media in Ireland, and its getting less by the day

Kevin Myers was sacked by the UK Editor of The Times after the online version of his article cause a huge reaction in the UK. Other than the fact the story was originally printed in the Irish edition of The Times, Myers sacking had nothing to do with Ireland. There was no reaction to it here, none. You can have independence of thought without making derogatory remarks about Jewish people. The person responsible for ending Kevin Myers career is himself.

tototoe

Personally I won't miss him, not because of his comments on this or that but because he was an awful presenter on radio. He was a windbag.
He was terrible on the rugby on rte as well and was delighted when he finished there too.

Each to their own though

AndrewJRenko

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

Hook
It seems to me now that they have wall to wall social justice warriors

SJWs like Ivan Yeates and Pat Kenny? Ciara Kelly is no slouch when there is a chance to bang Newstalk usual oul anti public service, anti union drum.

The roads of Ireland are a safer place without George (or Podge, as I used to think of any time I had the misfortune to see him) riling up motorists to kill cyclists in their mad rush to the back of the next queue at the red lights.

tritriagain

Ahwell wrote: »

That would be the minority then.

But sure SJW's are all about standing up for minorities, are they not?

kneemos

Last time I heard him several months ago he was still hanging on to his support for Trump.

Most of the time he was just contrarian for the sake of it,and often met himself coming back.

Sleeper12

I like George but in reality they retired him over a year ago.

Wishing him a a long & happy retirement

Harry Palmr

Hopefully that'll be the last of Michael Graham as well.

Uncharted

I'm a fan of Hook but he definitely jumped the shark. He should have pulled the pin himself 12 months ago.

His rugby punditry was truly woeful.

I enjoyed him at his best on drivetime radio.
His views were controversial,challenged the media agenda and pushed hard against the PC tide.
I applaud him for that. I will miss the cranky old goat.

All the best George.

anthonyjmaher

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

SJWs like Ivan Yeates and Pat Kenny? Ciara Kelly is no slouch when there is a chance to bang Newstalk usual oul anti public service, anti union drum.

Pat Kenny has changed hugely since he moved to NT. On RTE, you would rarely know what Pat's opinions were on any given topic. But he has dropped this objectivity since going to NT. Maybe it's the environment that he's in. You could argue the case with Yeates, but I just see him as a troll. Every question that he asks is so overtly facetious and sarcastic that he is never really responsible for what he says.

touts

I'll miss him. His Saturday show wasn't great but he was one of the only voices of reason when he had the Right Hook. It'll be interesting to see who they replace him with. Bound to be female and liberal and probably not a journalist. Another one of the Ivana Bacik clones that have taken most of the broadcasting jobs in Ireland for the last couple of years.

Kevtherev1

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

Hook was so restricted in the topics that he was allowed to cover that the show was pointless anyway. Newstalk were too afraid that he would offend some the liberal TwitterNazis that seem to have complete control of the narrative in contemporary Ireland.

When the accusation was put to Newstalk of them only catering for particular opinions and ideologies, they responded by saying that Dil covered a more liberal view (with her show Victim Village) and then George Hook was representative of more conservative views. Having replaced George Hook with another bleeding heart, the painful Ciara Kelly, I wonder where they stand on that now.

It seems to me now that they have wall to wall social justice warriors, from the camp Kieren Cuddihy and Shane Coleman in the morning to Off The Ball in the evening. They do not represent the people who voted for Peter Casey or the people who voted no in the last two referenda.

Spot on look at the staff in newstalk the entire management and editorial staff has been taken over by woman. The organization then takes a lurch to the hard left feminist sjw, gynocentric perspective. Everything must be safe and PC dont offend others feelings.


The place is full of female and male feminists. It now represents the safe and government PC culture. Most definitely there is 20 to 30 percent of this country and electorate that is not represented in politics or media.

Pherekydes

Jeremy White Orate wrote: »

...the kid in Bray who'se illegally here...

How is he illegally here? He was born here. Maybe his mother is here illegally, but how is that his responsibility?

Is it the old 'original sin' trick?

Harry Palmr

On RTE presenters are not allowed to have an obvious matter of opinion - the notion of balance so views are imparted using the old "some might say" trick On NT they actually want the presenter to sound off and generate interest. Kenny does it very little compared to some who make the airtime their personal platform - see Ciara Kelly.

Pherekydes

Pherekydes wrote: »

How is he illegally here? He was born here. Maybe his mother is here illegally, but how is that his responsibility?

Is it the old 'original sin' trick?

mothers here illegally and now trying to use the kid to stay here and should have been deported after being told 3 times to do so after failing her appeals, and if I remember rightly there was a referendum to stop having anchor babies to try and gain citizenship..

nullzero

His Saturday show had mostly passed me by, the one good thing that came from the whole scandal was that he got the new slot as Dil Wickremasinghe was shown the door for her hissy fit in reaction to his comments.

nullzero

nullzero wrote: »

His Saturday show had mostly passed me by, the one good thing that came from the whole scandal was that he got the new slot as Dil Wickremasinghe was shown the door for her hissy fit in reaction to his comments.

greatest example of a plan going right back up its own hole..

ghostdancer

strange that they sacked her when there's apparently this massive pro-liberal, pro-feminist conspiracy agenda at Newstalk, eh?

Scott Tenorman

nullzero wrote: »

His Saturday show had mostly passed me by, the one good thing that came from the whole scandal was that he got the new slot as Dil Wickremasinghe was shown the door for her hissy fit in reaction to his comments.

That didn’t happen, Dils show was on Saturday evening, Hooks is in the morning

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ghostdancer wrote: »

strange that they sacked her when there's apparently this massive pro-liberal, pro-feminist conspiracy agenda at Newstalk, eh?

And then they sacked the two young liberal presenters who initially replaced Hook, with Ivan Yates (that well-known liberal feminist) taking their place. Why, it's almost as if Newstalk doesn't actually have a *checks notes* "hard left feminist sjw, gynocentric perspective". It seems more likely that the grumpy old men contingent doesn't want to hear any voice that differs from their own views.

They probably think that right-wing malcontents are a minority on the radio forum too, God love 'em.

kneemos

Scott Tenorman wrote: »

That didn’t happen, Dils show was on Saturday evening, Hooks is in the morning

She gave them an ultimatum him or me or something.

anthonyjmaher

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

And then they sacked the two young liberal presenters who initially replaced Hook, with Ivan Yates (that well-known liberal feminist) taking their place. Why, it's almost as if Newstalk doesn't actually have a *checks notes* "hard left feminist sjw, gynocentric perspective".

So what you are saying that it's a complete coincidence that there are no conservative voices on Newstalk any more, is that right?

AndrewJRenko

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

So what you are saying that it's a complete coincidence that there are no conservative voices on Newstalk any more, is that right?

Have you listened to Ivan Yeates or Pat Kenny recently? Or even the bould Ciara when it comes to a spot of public service/union bashing?

anthonyjmaher

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Have you listened to Ivan Yeates or Pat Kenny recently? Or even the bould Ciara when it comes to a spot of public service/union bashing?

As I said before Ivan Yeates is just a troll, he rarely airs an honestly held opinion. Everything he says is said in a facetious / Devil's Advocate manner.



And if you are presenting me with Ciara Kelly as a conservative voice, I'm not sure if there is any point in continuing the discussion.

AndrewJRenko

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

As I said before Ivan Yeates is just a troll, he rarely airs an honestly held opinion. Everything he says is said in a facetious / Devil's Advocate manner.

Funny how he always seems to troll like a right-wing conservative though, isn't it?

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

And if you are presenting me with Ciara Kelly as a conservative voice, I'm not sure if there is any point in continuing the discussion.

Liberals can be conservative as hell when it comes to money. Socially liberal, financially conservative - classic PD.

Yer Da sells Avon

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

So what you are saying that it's a complete coincidence that there are no conservative voices on Newstalk any more, is that right?

What I am saying is that it's a complete inaccuracy to suggest that there are no conservative voices on Newstalk. They literally sacked two young liberal presenters and replaced them with Ivan Yates - yes, he can be deliberately obtuse when expressing opinions - and isn't afraid to parody his own views - but he is absolutely a conservative voice.

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Snake Plisken wrote: »

You seem triggered maybe go to your safe place!
George will be missed! Stabbed in the back by his so called colleagues what a mistake he made mentoring Judas Kelly who didn't stand by her friend and then had no issue taking his slot! Only one who stood up for him was Pat Kenny!

Totally agreed. Also feel Chris Donoghue let the side down as well mounting the bandwagon.

Nothing wrong with being liberal or conservative - just don't like when others kick someone, in particular a colleague, when they're down.

I feel that Ivan takes the devil's advocate approach as he knows that being any way serious will result in all sorts of accusations from people who aren't willing to listen to a differing opinion.

Faugheen

Ivan knows how to express a view without being overly dramatic or a dickhead about it.

Hook was completely over the top in his ‘old man yells at cloud’ role, and went too far on one occasion which led to his downfall.

meeeeh

I actually liked Hook but seeing who here is annoyed by his departure it just makes me smile.