High Noon with George Hook.

Snake Plisken · 14-09-2017 09:38PM

Brilliant Dil is off the air can she continue her boycott permanitly please?

Jobs OXO · 14-09-2017 09:45PM

Alec Chubby Liposuction wrote: »

If having George Hook on the air is the price to pay for getting Dil off the air then it's a price I think it's worth paying, twice over if needs be. Give him another slot, I don't listen anyway, but that woman's odious agendas shouldn't be anywhere near mainstream radio. Hopefully she goes to AM or DAB.

Wow ! Super bonus ! No Dil

Calhoun · 14-09-2017 09:59PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Brilliant Dil is off the air can she continue her boycott permanitly please?

I know it's brilliant , her anti-irish sentiment on most program is sickening.

nullzero · 14-09-2017 10:02PM

lertsnim wrote: »

Give him her slot.

Careful now, that statement is a magnet for the type of innuendo Dil would take offense to.

PeterTheNinth · 14-09-2017 10:07PM

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/victim-blaming-is-unacceptable-newstalk-host-wont-broadcast-show-in-protest-at-george-hook-comments-36133430.html

Dil gone as well... Well this is the gift that keeps on giving. If this keeps up Newstalk might actually have a schedule that people want to listen to it by the end of next week.

Stephen Hawkins football boots · 14-09-2017 10:09PM

KevIRL wrote: »

Dill the wagon won't present her show on Saturday in protest at hook still being on the air.

Well done George. Getting dill and the alphabet soup parties off the air on newstalk in one week is quite the achievement

Who cares if she won't present this weekend , I doubt anyone listens to her show anyway.Im sure her weekend slot is just a whingefest. I have only heard her as a guest on old right hook,where George gave her a platform and l felt she did was play victim card and was chief spokeswoman for the perpetually offended.This bullying of George Hook is getting ridiculas now, wouldn't be accepted in any other workplace. I hope he doesn't throw in the towel and give in to the bullies

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 14-09-2017 10:17PM

Stephen Hawkins football boots wrote: »

she did was play victim card and was chief spokeswoman for the perpetually offended.

this her show. every single week.

Royal Legend · 14-09-2017 10:20PM

darcy was asking should george get the sack

what a sanctimonious ***** maybe we should ask RTE why our licence fee is paying his over inflated wages

Calhoun · 14-09-2017 10:22PM

The funny thing is how they are now openly attacking newstalk and nearly going as far as the station condones rape.

IF I was DOB I wouldn't be giving in and allowing the radical left ruin my station .

sligojoek · 14-09-2017 10:26PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/victim-blaming-is-unacceptable-newstalk-host-wont-broadcast-show-in-protest-at-george-hook-comments-36133430.html

Dil gone as well... Well this is the gift that keeps on giving. If this keeps up Newstalk might actually have a schedule that people want to listen to it by the end of next week.

When I saw that I thought you'd be delighted.

hullaballoo · 14-09-2017 10:30PM

Moderator: please remember abuse of presenters is not allowed.

Cards issued.

Wesser · 14-09-2017 10:36PM

Is George off the air at the moment or not?

I cannot bear dil!!! I cannot bear her yabberi g on about babies and lesbianism and cloth nappies and home schooling
But most if all I can't bear the sound of her voice it's just so wierd!!!

Del.Monte · 14-09-2017 10:42PM

George is still on air but the heat is on.

NoviGlitzko · 14-09-2017 10:47PM

First time posting. I think the way George Hook is being treated is absolutely ridiculous but not surprising. Yeah he made an huge error in what he was trying to say and he should've had more cop on, but the witch hunt after him and to remove him from his job is unfair. Challenge the opinion and move on.

redlead · 14-09-2017 10:48PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

George is still on air but the heat is on.

I'll be absolutely sickened if management give into this bullying. The whole thing is media driven. The impression you get from every article and radio discussion is that the nation is outraged. This is a complete misrepresentation of the general public's actual opinion on the matter.

delaad · 14-09-2017 10:57PM

quintana76 wrote: »

See what RTE did by bringing on Quinn with Coppinger. It is obvious that in certain circles (RTE, IT) Quinn is portrayed as far right, (mainly because he speaks up for the RC Church).

It was a subtle (not so subtle) attempt to equate opponents of the witch hunt against Hook with being right wing.

It is media manipulation of opinion to their own ends. There are many others they could have brought on who did not have the same reputation thrust on to them by the media.

Why are you ashamed of being right-wing?

Stephen Hawkins football boots · 14-09-2017 11:02PM

Sorry for the cliche but I will be turning the dial off newstalk if George is sacked

delaad · 14-09-2017 11:07PM

DeadHand wrote: »

Ah yes, how good it is to go through your day without having to confront anything so upsetting as a different opinion.

You mean you like being back in the 1950's!?

riffmongous · 14-09-2017 11:54PM

redlead wrote: »

I'll be absolutely sickened if management give into this bullying. The whole thing is media driven. The impression you get from every article and radio discussion is that the nation is outraged. This is a complete misrepresentation of the general public's actual opinion on the matter.

Well on the news they said up to 20 members of the stations own workers have also signed a letter asking for Hook to be taken off the air.

Lady Chatterton · 15-09-2017 12:00AM

Royal Legend wrote: »

darcy was asking should george get the sack

what a sanctimonious ***** maybe we should ask RTE why our licence fee is paying his over inflated wages

I thought a lot of Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill today.

Ray D'arcy put her on the spot by asking her if George should be sacked and to be fair to her, as a rape survivor/victim she could have joined the witch hunt but she didn't.

Niamh was very measured and fair, she replied by saying she didn't have an opinion on the matter.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=b9%5F21233866%5F19148%5F14%2D09%2D2017%5F

Calhoun · 15-09-2017 12:34AM

I think it will start with newstalk and move to other stations if allowed to influence station policy at all. Coppinger was having a subtle go at RTE earlier today it was only that she was being interviewed by them that she held back.

Apparently meritocracy is toxic masculinity and its unfair to say that no women chair newstalk because most of their current presenting stock cant bring in the audiences.

RayM · 15-09-2017 12:53AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

If this keeps up Newstalk might actually have a schedule that people want to listen to it by the end of next week.

Maybe this is all part of their plan, and they're on the verge of announcing huge sponsorship deals with manufacturers of gout medication, Viagra and denture adhesive.

foxtrot101 · 15-09-2017 01:02AM

Tesco pulls advertising

“Our advertising package includes spots during a variety of shows distributed across the station,” a spokesperson for the retailer said.

“We confirm that we have restricted the airing of our adverts around this particular show in the short term, although we keep this under review.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/tesco-pulls-advertising-for-george-hook-show-over-remarks-1.3221652

Lady Chatterton · 15-09-2017 01:12AM

foxtrot101 wrote: »

Tesco pulls advertising

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/tesco-pulls-advertising-for-george-hook-show-over-remarks-1.3221652

Jaysus, I wish Tesco would be half as quick to sponsor a food programme for the homeless living on the streets and in hotels.

Calhoun · 15-09-2017 01:17AM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

Jaysus, I wish Tesco would be half as quick to sponsor a food programme for the homeless living on the streets and in hotels.

This is the same tesco that apologies to an LGBT enforcer in the UK police force because they had a sign up in one of their stores that said Female hygiene products.

quintana76 · 15-09-2017 04:15AM

This is a J'accuse situation. I hate the fact that it is about Hook. Don't like him most of the time. Especially since he went to lunchtime.
Despite that he has unwillingly become an undeserved symbol of media freedom.
At this moment it appears he has ridden the wave.

If he were to get fired what signal would it send to the (liberal) fascists?
Push further and harder and you will clear the decks of alternative opinions.
Then we live in a wonderland that goes where? What is the next issue? And the one after that?

PeterTheNinth · 15-09-2017 07:05AM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

Jaysus, I wish Tesco would be half as quick to sponsor a food programme for the homeless living on the streets and in hotels.

Maybe Tesco's priority should be publishing a proper set of accounts instead of jumping on the liberal bandwagon.

I'm sure their staff could tell you a lot about their high moral standards.

PeterTheNinth · 15-09-2017 07:06AM

RayM wrote: »

Maybe this is all part of their plan, and they're on the verge of announcing huge sponsorship deals with manufacturers of gout medication, Viagra and denture adhesive.

Maybe so, Ray. The last schedule that they gave us certainly looked like they were trying to burn the station to the ground.

uck51js9zml2yt · 15-09-2017 07:18AM

While George is never one for tact, you can't say that he was wrong in his premis.

Going to a strangers room the first time you meet them is nothing but stupid.
Yes, let's not blame the victim of rape (or any crime) but her actions put her in a dangerous position for which she needs to take responsibility.

Dill is gone...that's so SAD ( said in Fr Ted sarcastic tone)
I'll miss George if he goes, a ton of common sense is a world that is pc mad.

Vorenus400 · 15-09-2017 07:24AM

Kassandra Limited Eraser wrote: »

While George is never one for tact, you can't say that he was wrong in his premis.

Going to a strangers room the first time you meet them is nothing but stupid.
Yes, let's not blame the victim of rape (or any crime) but her actions put her in a dangerous position for which she needs to take responsibility.

Dill is gone...that's so SAD ( said in Fr Ted sarcastic tone)
I'll miss George if he goes, a ton of common sense is a world that is pc mad.

George Hook said George Hook was wrong. People need to accept his apology and move on. This is doing George further damage. By constant reinterpreting of his words, the whole shebang is being dragged out. No wonder more sponsors are getting nervous

High Noon with George Hook.

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