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Rte news correspondents

Matmania · 2020-05-21 17:23:26

Am I imagining it or do rte news have correspondents for ever topic and even specific regions. For an organisation that only just got a handout from the government you think they could cut back. They seem to have someone outside most places for sometimes a very short statement on a piece of tribal news. Is there really…

21-05-2020 5:23pm

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Matmania

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Am I imagining it or do rte news have correspondents for ever topic and even specific regions. For an organisation that only just got a handout from the government you think they could cut back. They seem to have someone outside most places for sometimes a very short statement on a piece of tribal news. Is there really need for this. I dont know how many correspondents they have but it seems quite alot way more than tv 3. Aside has George Lee done some science degree as he used to be on the business side of things.

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