georgiecasey wrote: » god they were insufferable. just a room of left-leaning journos all whining about the latest outrage and agreeing with each other. could they have picked a few lighter topics for the friday show? i think it was one topic in 20 mins that wasn't outrage fodder, the amazon lockers thing at the end. at one point , one of the lads said we have laws to protect hate speech againt minorities like women! didn't know women were a minority. and it was a lad calling a woman he broke up with an ugly bh, hardly hate speech
Ursus Horribilis wrote: » I've always enjoyed The Last Word but in recent times Matt seems to have turned into something of a Social Justice Warrior. I can't put my finger on when it started to irritate me but it possibly may coincide with when he started that TV3 show. Hopefully that holiday he takes next week will chill him out a bit. I've always enjoyed that Friday evening panel but this evening the whole lot of them pissed me off and made me want to smack the heads off them. It's not that what they were saying was necessarily bad but the whole tone was what I have come to dislike on Irish radio.
BPKS wrote: » As I was reading the usual comical social commentary from Ross O Carroll Kelly in the Irish Times on Saturday I couldnt help but think back to Matt Cooper's Friday Panel. In UCD, they were impeaching the Sports & Social Club President after she was charged with "micro-aggression". This involved the President being overhead offering a student who lived in a 'socially oppressed' area (Finglas) a drive home. This caused deep offence to the person who overheard the offer of the lift home. The fella who was offered the lift home stood up and said that he wasnt a bit offended and that the "girl" just offered him a drive home, whats wrong with that? Straight away the posse turned on the fella, saying calling her a "girl" is an example of anti-intersectionalist. Or Man-ti-sectionalist. I couldnt help but picture Matt and his panel in the theatre of UCD joining the baying mob during this scene.
dominatinMC wrote: » With Susan Keogh filling-in for Matt this week, the phrase "you don't know what you got 'till it's gone" comes to mind. Matt may not be to everyone's liking but he does a good job with the show. I don't how Susan Keogh got the gig this week, I thought Fintan O'Toole usually filled-in for Matt when he's away?
JoeA3 wrote: » And before that it was Anton Savage! Problem is, Comnicorp keep falling out with people so the current fill in has to be the ahhhh unmmm annnnd news reader.
NIMAN wrote: » She is pretty dull to be honest. Seems to be lacking something. Is she the one that does the 6@6?
dominatinMC wrote: » Yep, and the "5@5" too. Those segments are a complete load of ****e, takes them about 15 mins to get through the news, sport, and traffic, where other stations take 5-6 mins. An obvious attempt to get other personalities into the show. A current affairs show such as The Last Word has enough contributors as it is IMO
ILikeBoats wrote: » I miss Anton
Passenger wrote: » What's he up to these days anyway?
jack hackett wrote: » I was actually happy when i heard susan got the gig, no harm to hear a girl do the show for a change but boy was i sorry, every evening i've tuned in this week she was talking about feminism, i mean come on, talk about using your position to push your agenda, the whole week was about feminism, equal pay, womens products, come off it like there needs to balance folks, then the really funny thing, mary kenny a died in the wool feminist came on and actually talked a bit of sense and said about old george bush that if hes pinching a womans botty the woman should hit him a slap and not be making a mountain out of a molehill which i thought was a very good point but of course she was slated for it... gavan reilly is a massive loss to that station, i see they have aideen finnegan now over from 98fm
dominatinMC wrote: » Well said, my sentiments exactly. I got that same impression that she was using this opportunity to get on her soap box. Although, if she is merely filling-in on the show, would she really have that much authority to decide on the topics being covered? Regardless, the sooner Matt is back the better!
jack hackett wrote: » Yes i would have thought the same that the production team would effectively decide on the topics, content etc but it looks to me like Matt gave her free reign which he may now regret because she has totally used the show as a personal soapbox as you rightly say, she obviously has a bee in her bonnet about equal pay and is an out and out feminist and thats fine if she wanted to address those issues on one evening maybe, but not use the whole week of shows as her own personal grievance airing... she even used the motoring slot to find out what she should do if her car breaks down, now it was helpful advice but was clearly designed to help her more than anything else! she even got her good mate louise duffy in on the act one evening doing box set reviews! Matt come back quick!
quintana76 wrote: » Why is there a common tendency amongst certain female presenters once they get the reins of a news magazine show to turn it into Women's Hour(s)?
TheDavester wrote: » The way coops is going id say he’d be all for it
hullaballoo wrote: » You are confusing the word "feminist" with "women's interest" but I have to agree, Susan's shows have been very centered around women's interest pieces. So much so that even for someone like me, who doesn't hate women, I found myself completely losing interest and even getting quite annoyed by the show because it seemed to be designed to specifically exclude the male audience.
