High Noon with George Hook.

Calhoun · 18-09-2017 09:03PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Ritchie is a bit sensitive about the article he is throwing the libellous word around about the article! He will also block anyone who challanges him on twitter

What article ?

It's nice watching a station implode.

Snake Plisken · 18-09-2017 09:07PM

Calhoun wrote: »

What article ?

It's nice watching a station implode.

Sorry the supposed insider story calling him and his colleagues out

Calhoun · 18-09-2017 09:11PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Sorry the supposed insider story calling him and his colleagues out

Ah right it more than likely isn't true, this is why most companies have PR departments as run of the mill folks can bring crap onto themselves.

Lady Chatterton · 18-09-2017 09:35PM

Dr Ciara Kelly is everywhere at the moment... :mad:

Anyway, she'll be on the Clare Byrne Show this evening - to take on the drinks industry.

Richard Hillman · 18-09-2017 09:38PM

An update on my previous post:

Looking at all the Donoghue inclusions and the infamous "Nearly 20 signatures" Exclusive, most of these Articles are written by Daragh Brophy. Daragh Brophy..... formerly of UTV Ireland. Chris Donohue.... formerly of UTV Ireland.

https://ie.linkedin.com/in/daragh-brophy-2b9a3620

Daragh Brophy:
Newstalk staff letter demands Hook be taken off air immediately http://jrnl.ie/3593884

Daragh Brophy:
'A victim is never to blame': Chris Donoghue addresses Hook rape comments on Newstalk show http://jrnl.ie/3590913

Daragh Brophy:
Explainer: Why has Newstalk decided to suspend George Hook? http://jrnl.ie/3600113

Daragh Brophy:
'I am truly sorry': Hook issues 'unreserved' apology after uproar over rape comments http://jrnl.ie/3589574

In fact, go through any Chris Donoghue related news of years gone by and its always Daragh Brophy first on the scene.

Calhoun · 18-09-2017 09:39PM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

Dr Ciara Kelly is everywhere at the moment... :mad:

Anyway, she'll be on the Clare Byrne Show this evening - to take on the drinks industry.

Be like Dr.Eva popular until she goes to far then she will fall back to obscurity

maxwell smart · 18-09-2017 09:41PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

An update on my previous post:

Looking at all the Donoghue inclusions and the infamous "Nearly 20 signatures" Exclusive, most of these Articles are written by Daragh Brophy. Daragh Brophy..... formerly of UTV Ireland. Chris Donohue.... formerly of UTV Ireland.

https://ie.linkedin.com/in/daragh-brophy-2b9a3620

Daragh Brophy:
Newstalk staff letter demands Hook be taken off air immediately http://jrnl.ie/3593884

Daragh Brophy:
'A victim is never to blame': Chris Donoghue addresses Hook rape comments on Newstalk show http://jrnl.ie/3590913

Daragh Brophy:
Explainer: Why has Newstalk decided to suspend George Hook? http://jrnl.ie/3600113

Daragh Brophy:
'I am truly sorry': Hook issues 'unreserved' apology after uproar over rape comments http://jrnl.ie/3589574

In fact, go through any Chris Donoghue related news of years gone by and its always Daragh Brophy first on the scene.

Are you saying they are shagging each other or am I reading that wrong?

monstermag · 18-09-2017 09:52PM

Morgans wrote: »

Think the rubberbandits pointed out the hypocrisy of George Hook (and seemingly his followers) free speech support today on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/newstalkfm/videos/10156565705432907/?hc_ref=ARTNDPQB7gkuieVqs3wesIUfmJogxVs0NCSgpQO6TnM_Cmyhz4JYnjq5gwpv1QTCTM4

George is oh so controversial.

Rubberbandits voices for a generation ffs. They go on a couple of tv shows vaping while spouting some ****e about post truth, and very little else. Painful ****e.

Thargor · 18-09-2017 09:53PM

I forgot to ask this at the time but the day Hook was taken off the air there was a female presenter on and she said something like "And yes I am a woman" and she sounded all angry saying it, did anyone catch that or know what it was about?

Del.Monte · 18-09-2017 09:57PM

Thargor wrote: »

I forgot to ask this at the time but the day Hook was taken off the air there was a female presenter on and she said something like "And yes I am a woman" and she sounded all angry saying it, did anyone catch that or know what it was about?

It was the good Doctor and you would need to ask her yourself as nobody seems to know.

Lady Chatterton · 18-09-2017 09:59PM

Thargor wrote: »

I forgot to ask this at the time but the day Hook was taken off the air there was a female presenter on and she said something like "And yes I am a woman" and she sounded all angry saying it, did anyone catch that or know what it was about?

That was Friday's show and it was Dr. Ciara Kelly, she was standing in for George.

I think the 'I'm a woman' outburst may have been influenced by somethings that were said just before noon on the Friday Gathering on Sean O'Rourke's programme. A number of contributors to the 'Friday Gathering' were very critical of Newstalk over their lack of gender balance etc. There was also Fintan O'Toole's article which was quite negative of the station for the same reason.

Calhoun · 18-09-2017 10:03PM

monstermag wrote: »

Rubberbandits voices for a generation ffs. They go on a couple of tv shows vaping while spouting some ****e about post truth, and very little else. Painful ****e.

You would be amazed how many like them just because they are from limerick and the left love then as they promote feminism.

Apparently suicidal young males need feminism.

brooke 2 · 18-09-2017 10:35PM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

Dr Ciara Kelly is everywhere at the moment... :mad:

Anyway, she'll be on the Clare Byrne Show this evening - to take on the drinks industry.

Does she ever go home?

monstermag · 18-09-2017 10:40PM

Calhoun wrote: »

You would be amazed how many like them just because they are from limerick and the left love then as they promote feminism.

Apparently suicidal young males need feminism.

It's the heard mentality, play a few college gigs and u get the students eating out of your hand. All you got to do is make group of people feel good about themselves and there like putty in your hand.
They came out with that line "men need feminism" or something to that effect. They threw out that lline without actually explaining what exactly they meant.
Listening to them u would swear that every man in Ireland is ****ed up. Whereas in reality the vast majority have the upmost respect for women. Any place I've ever worked there's been a good mix of sexes, and we all got along perfectly fine. Women and Men for the most part are doing perfectly well.
I get worried sometimes when I here celebs talking about suicide, l think sometimes they make the problem worse.

brooke 2 · 18-09-2017 10:44PM

Calhoun wrote: »

Be like Dr.Eva popular until she goes to far then she will fall back to obscurity

She got into trouble in her early days on Operation Transformation when she did a 'Dr. Eva' on one of the participants. She seems to be as hard as nuts!!

styron · 18-09-2017 10:50PM

Calhoun wrote: »

You would be amazed how many like them just because they are from limerick and the left love then as they promote feminism.

Apparently suicidal young males need feminism.

Yeah we may come for the infectious rhythms - but stay for the empowering feminism

brooke 2 · 18-09-2017 10:50PM

Thargor wrote: »

I forgot to ask this at the time but the day Hook was taken off the air there was a female presenter on and she said something like "And yes I am a woman" and she sounded all angry saying it, did anyone catch that or know what it was about?

It was Hook's protégé, Ciara Kelly. :rolleyes: I think she assumed all the listeners might have known she was referring to Fintan O'Toole's article in which he said there were no female presenters on Newstalk.

brooke 2 · 18-09-2017 10:53PM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

That was Friday's show and it was Dr. Ciara Kelly, she was standing in for George.

I think the 'I'm a woman' outburst may have been influenced by somethings that were said just before noon on the Friday Gathering on Sean O'Rourke's programme. A number of contributors to the 'Friday Gathering' were very critical of Newstalk over their lack of gender balance etc. There was also Fintan O'Toole's article which was quite negative of the station for the same reason.

One of the women on SO'R, Alison ?, called NT 'BlokesRadio'!

18-09-2017 10:59PM

monstermag wrote: »

Rubberbandits voices for a generation ffs. They go on a couple of tv shows vaping while spouting some ****e about post truth, and very little else. Painful ****e.

l lose any respect for those who listen to their ****e they spout, two fellas, phd graduated acting the sham for attention ....Lads your gimmicks staler than Cian Twomey's , we can see your desperate to stay relevant

monstermag · 18-09-2017 11:12PM

Kaysen Wrong Stork wrote: »

l lose any respect for those who listen to their ****e they spout, two fellas, phd graduated acting the sham for attention ....Lads your gimmicks staler than Cian Twomey's , we can see your desperate to stay relevant

SATIRE SATIRE SATIRE that's their defence for all their ****ing contradictions.

ballsymchugh · 18-09-2017 11:35PM

i wonder what alison spittle thinks about George lately? i hadn't heard of her until she started the friday evening slot on his show shooting the breeze.

ballsymchugh · 18-09-2017 11:59PM

Lady Chatterton wrote: »

I have no difficulty believing that there are staff of one kind or another on such awful money.

.......

I really wish I could name and shame some of these places.

a cousin of mine worked as a researcher on the breakfast show, as an unpaid intern. and when they move on, they just get more.

eamonn dunphy said the same when he had his falling out, about how bad the younger staff were being paid, and not getting reimbursed when they bought the papers in the morning to do their research.

Nekarsulm · 19-09-2017 12:28AM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

i wonder what alison spittle thinks about George lately? i hadn't heard of her until she started the friday evening slot on his show shooting the breeze.

Now that was a cringe inducing double act! A irritating, unfunny "comedian" and Hook giggling like a school boy over each of her utterances.
I felt it was a very weird segment whenever she was on. Not quite Jimmy Saville weird, but weird enough.
I was grateful recently as she seemed to have been dropped as a regular guest.

sligojoek · 19-09-2017 12:41AM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

i wonder what alison spittle thinks about George lately? i hadn't heard of her until she started the friday evening slot on his show shooting the breeze.

For that alone, he should have been fired.

Lt Dan · 19-09-2017 02:07AM

CatFromHue wrote: »

Were did they make it public?

My understanding was that the lads wanted to change things up on their show and wanted to start earlier. Management didn't want this so they resigned as they were a bit fed up or felt they were going stale in the 7-10pm slot.

They may or may not like Hook but I don't think he was the reason for leaving. Ken was on a different podcast and mentioned that his wife worked mornings and he worked nights so it worked out that they never got to see each other during the week.

From my memory, NT suggested that Hook stood his ground and rejected a proposal to change his time slot.

It was never confirmed to be true. As a result, Hook got dogs abuse from OTB fans (nothing to do with the lads) when the 4 of them left. Hook then made a snarky enough comments about OTB and insisted that he had nothing to do with the fall out .

I am sure if people checked the OTB thread covering that time the stuff would refresh people's memories (I am hazy about it , but there was definitely a case that Hook got mentioned) I recall during the OTB discussion at the time, some informed posters were talking about how commercially it would not get the audience if Sports was on that early

The understanding at the time was the lads called O'Brien's bluff and his people told them to sod off and instead of seeing out their notice told them to leave . I think "gardening leave" was the joke term (in light of some Premiership manager getting similar treatment)

Wow 4 years? Here, how come those lads were never snapped up by RTE sport? Or would the culture at RTE as expressed by the tweets explain that?

Lt Dan · 19-09-2017 02:14AM

constitutionus wrote: »

ya can see the transcript now !

George : " what the hell were you thinking going there ?!?!?!"

que newstalk editorial slamming the 15 sec kill switch

Actually, that is a question a lot of the nation wants to know. Would sound right to be the first or second question. It was well known in advance that the Arab Spring was moving in on Egypt and that the democratically elected MB were not very popular by day 10 of their glorious reign.

foxtrot101 · 19-09-2017 02:46AM

Lt Dan wrote: »

Wow 4 years? Here, how come those lads were never snapped up by RTE sport? Or would the culture at RTE as expressed by the tweets explain that?

It was incredibly bad timing. RTE's finances were in a mess at the time. It has been rationalising ever since and is still posting massive deficits. I also suspect there was an element of RTE's sports department guarding it's own patch. The shows that Second Captain's have done in RTE all came under the entertainment department, not the sports department. That's despite the fact OTB trounced anything RTE's sports department but up against them on radio ...RTE Radio 1's drivetime sport...2fm's Game on.

The reason given for choosing the Right Hook over OTB at the time was the demographics of their audiences. For Newstalk to increase it's ad revenue it needed to increase the number of female listeners and Hook had more of them than OTB. A bit ironic given what Newstalk is being called these days.

PeterTheNinth · 19-09-2017 06:59AM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

i wonder what alison spittle thinks about George lately? i hadn't heard of her until she started the friday evening slot on his show shooting the breeze.

Yeah I forgot about her. George basically gave her a public profile out of nothing. But I checked her Twitter and she said nothing about it. And what about the Here Come The Girls crowd? Seems like all the "dames" that George helped on the show have deserted him in his hour of need. If I were him, I would be very disappointed that they have all taken the easy option and said nothing. And I dont believe it's because any of them don't think that George is a decent man, it's because they are lacking in the courage to possibly make themselves unpopular by going against the grain. Cowards the lot of them.

And I wouldn't include Ciara Kelly in that. She's not a coward. She's a conniving backstabber.

PeterTheNinth · 19-09-2017 07:05AM

styron wrote: »

Yeah we may come for the infectious rhythms - but stay for the empowering feminism

This sort of double standard really annoys me. Can you imagine if one of Hook's supporters made a video with the lyrics "This love we have, there's no respect, but she's a big fat ****er so what does she expect"? It would be headline on the Journal, simply to discredit them because they were Hook supporters. But because these idiots proclaim themselves as feminists, they get a free pass.

As I said before, there is different treatment of people in the news based on whether they agree with the liberal agenda or whether they are more conservative. Fake/Biased News.

Ray Purchase · 19-09-2017 08:06AM

Ivan Yates pretty strong on Hook's remarks

"I utterly repudiate not only his remarks but his views and they were wholly inappropriate."

High Noon with George Hook.

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