Am I the only one who hardly watches Irish TV/media (news and entertainment)?

murpho999 · 11-05-2017 03:56PM

jeanjolie wrote: »

lol...don't pretend that its some unique travesty not to watch your national news...I know plenty of American relatives who are intelligent and wealthy but don't focus on 'mainstream news' of politics (especially with Trump!), economy, social issues etc in the US.

It's not that they're ignorant but tbh most of what is on news channels isn't meant to be informative but rather give a hypnotic, 1984 style of news. Conspiracy theories no matter how ridiculous, and are probably true than what I watch regularly on CNN International.

I watch foreign news too find out what's going on in the world and also to hear other's viewpoints on issues.

Still if something domestic is happening in politics etc then you have to have an Irish source for this as foreign outlets just don't cover it.

Say for example, the row last week over the National maternity hospital or even the controversy over water charges over the last 5 years. How could people get information about that without an Irish source as I'm pretty sure that Sky, BBC or any American media outlet did not cover it.

Ubbquittious · 11-05-2017 03:57PM

Netflix is only load of aul sh!te

Agricola · 11-05-2017 04:05PM

Only really watch Irish TV for the news, current affairs and sports coverage, especially the big summer tournaments. World cups and Euros aren't the same without the Irish punditry/commentary.

Apart from that, it's terrible muck. Way too much reality tv, cookery, Vogue Williams vehicles etc.

11-05-2017 04:26PM

In terms of this issue, the only thing sadder than people whose lives revolve around TV reality shows/soaps etc are the people who engage in the usual Irish-hating cultural cringe "RTÉ is crap; British TV is, like, so much like better". These people are all decidedly and unequivocally embarrassingly pedestrian cultureless arseholes. The Butcher's Apron would still be flying over government buildings if they had their way. Ironically, RTÉ is at its very, very worst when it's aping the "reality" TV culture of British tv, but the Irish haters wilfully overlook that entire knacker culture that is the dominant culture of British television. Just awful, ineffably so. Shudder. Really fúcking abysmal that one society can produce so huge an underclass!

I watch TV maybe three times a year. It's all utterly woeful, full of people in small worlds with nasty little egos. Moreover, it's an excuse for reprobates to come into your family home to push all sorts of material shíte - what are called "advertisements" - and political agendas that I want nothing to do with. RTÉ Lyric FM on an evening or a good documentary on RTÉ Radio 1 or an interview on RnaG is a much calmer, more thoughtful and civilised experience. Usually, however, I just listen to audiobooks on some topic that interests me.

osarusan · 11-05-2017 04:37PM

^^^

Must be some shoehorn you have.

Harry Palmr · 11-05-2017 04:37PM

Christ, you could just have saved us all that and posted a picture the Starry Plough instead

ScumLord · 11-05-2017 04:42PM

Deleted User wrote: »

cultural cringe "RTÉ is crap; British TV is, like, so much like better".

British TV can be terribly bland a lot of the time, especially the BBC, bland, middle of the road, try not to upset anyone. Some things like nature documentaries they do really well, and a lot of that is down to the respectability of the likes of Attenborough.

If the BBC didn't have a load of money backing up their productions they wouldn't be much better than RTE at times. The problem with RTE is they often try to ape the BBC when they're just not in the same league so their stuff can look laughable in comparison.

Chain Smoker · 11-05-2017 04:51PM

Basically all my Irish news over the past two or so years since I've been out of the country has came from friends ranting about **** on facebook.

Am I right in saying not a whole lot has happened? Bus strikes, Fine Gael almost but not quite losing power but definitely losing it in the next election, and the death of Bill O'Herlihy?

Zubeneschamali · 11-05-2017 05:50PM

TV news is awful - no idea why anyone would sit through it.

Likewise with internet sites that insist on presenting stuff as video - just type it out you plonkers, I'll read it for info much faster than you'll r e a d i t o u t.

I do try to listen to the radio in the car at times, since I am sitting there anyhow and can't be reading, but there is a lot of channel hopping involved to avoid repetitive news, traffic "news", sport "news" and random blather.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 11-05-2017 05:53PM

I've even stopped listening to the radio recently, which is very unusual for me.

It's hard to pinpoint what exactly has turned me off the Irish media. It may have started with disgracefully biased coverage of the US Presidential election.

Zubeneschamali · 11-05-2017 05:55PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It may have started with disgracefully biased coverage of the US Presidential election.

What, where they made out that Trump is not fit for the job and Hillary was the only rational choice?

freshpopcorn · 11-05-2017 06:34PM

Nial Boylan is the anti austerity alliance of radio to me!

dadad231 · 11-05-2017 06:43PM

Never watch any traditional TV anymore, just Netflx and some live sports

Mint Sauce · 11-05-2017 06:53PM

Not the only one. Rarely watch Irish TV, unless it's for an occasional football/rugby/GAA match, or the News for a major Irish event. It's usually Freesat, Netflix, or Eurosport.

Radio, if in the house it's usually BBCR2, LBC, or Absolute, only Irish Radio I listen to is Nova, occasionally RTE Gold. In the car, would listen to TodayFM, and only for the breakfast show, the last word, or Paul McClone and Ed Smith. Otherwise it's News Talk, or Nova or BBCR2 once I can pick them up, or what ever CDs are in the glove box.

Even for social media, would follow a lot more UK feeds compared to Irish feeds.

Little interests me on Irish TV, and Radio is too poppy or commercial. TodayFM used to be good, until they changed most of their schedule.

Glenster · 12-05-2017 12:08AM

murpho999 wrote: »

What are you on about technophobe?

It's all about content. If you want stuff that's relevant to Ireland and what is happening in it then you'll need an Irish media outlet.

IF YOU'RE A TECHNOPHOBE YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS IRISH CHANNEL CONTENT THOUGH.

NAE NETFLIX, NAE SKY BOX SETS, NAE YOUTUBE

STRAIGHTFORWARD POINT MATE.

Glenster · 12-05-2017 12:09AM

NIMAN wrote: »

Nonsense.

I am neither.

I have had all the gadgets and tecnology over the years, had Sky TV since 1988, had satellite dishes put up to get Eutelsat when no-one would have had a clue what I was chatting about, have had cinema rooms, projectors, 7.1 systems, DTS, the works.

I now stream on my Chromecast from various apps like CartoonHD, MovieHD etc, have a Netflix account, a Dreambox with every channel under the sun......

.... and I still watch RTE and listen to RTE radio.

Must be an old man in the west of ireland then.

only explanation.

Outlaw Pete · 12-05-2017 12:18AM

The only Irish show I watch is Nationwide. A gem of a show.

Jesus Wept · 12-05-2017 12:53AM

If I wanted to hear about every person who has died in a road accident, I'd be sure to tune into RTE at 6 every day. Alas I don't.

annascott · 12-05-2017 12:56AM

I do not have saoirview or any Irish channels. I can access RTE player and 3player on my ipad

Mountainsandh · 12-05-2017 01:12AM

LI listen to Newstalk mostly and sometimes rte radio 1, documentaries are often interesting.
We cancelled sky about 6 months ago thinking we'd get Saoirview, still haven't bothered. The only one who misses the telly slightly is the youngest, for cartoons.
We all use the internet to watch whatever, and kodi occasionally at weekends for a family movie.
Will probably get Saoirview some time for the sake of late late toy show or odd documentary that suits whole family.
I get all my news online, I feel I get 2 or 3 perspectives instead of just Rte bias, and I find rte news website is terrible to use and slow to update.
For breaking news I read breaking news online, a lot closer to instant.

PARlance · 12-05-2017 01:41AM

jeanjolie wrote: »

I don't hate Irish TV/media or go out of my way to avoid it but it's just that I don't have much interest aside from a few good documentaries e.g. 'Better off Abroad' on RTE or Niall Boylan on 4fm. Perhaps it's because I've lived in the US during my early years.

It's generally a mixture of CNN International, BBC News, Russia Today (Max Keiser specifically). Mostly I watch news as entertainment. Documentaries and conspiracies are my thing mostly.

For music, I never listen to the radio except talk radio which a lot of people don't seem to like. Niall Boylan seems to be pretty good, IMO..

What type of media do you consume?

Niall, I have to be honest. I'm not a fan.

A Battered Mars Bar · 12-05-2017 08:03AM

If it twerent for the radio in work id haven't a notion what be happening in this country

Kintarō Hattori · 12-05-2017 08:45AM

I honestly never tune into RTE or any of the other Irish channels, nor do I listen to their radio stations, I listen to Q102 in the car. I'd watch the news more than anything else and tend to watch BBC News for that. I find the Irish news when I have checked in to see what it's like to be far too local and it just seems to have an unprofessional feel to it.
If I'm watching something with my partner we'd most likely watch a boxset from Sky or something through Netflix and yes it does irk me that I have to pay for something I don't use nor want.

Wanderer78 · 12-05-2017 08:50AM

Actually listen and watch a good bit of Irish news and radio

Am I the only one who hardly watches Irish TV/media (news and entertainment)?

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