Jobs OXO wrote: » Gannnn really need to learn how to pronounce '-ing'. It isn't 'eatin', 'watchin', 'hearin', 'talkin', etc etc, etc
Topgear on Dave wrote: » I think I remember these days, it was back when Dunphy had the show. They had 2 comedians doing sketches. A double act of "Navan man and the drunken politician" I think the handwringing Father WishyWashy was one of their characters too? It was 20 years ago anyway :eek::D
quintana76 wrote: » Believe it or not it was actually Tom Dunne who did all the voices including the good Father Wishy Washy.
jack hackett wrote: » haven't things become very PC since then...
NIMAN wrote: » I tuned in today for a bit of TLW.....and I think I'm done with it now. Its just so annoying. Matt was raving about Michael Buble and how he wouldn't go out his back year to listen to him......then proceeded to get all excited to hear how Taylor Swift was going to play Croker. What a sad man. Then advert after advert, too much traffic info, going on constantly about competitions.....I think there must be more talk about competitions and whats coming up as there actually is discussion. Back to RTE 1 for me.
neris wrote: » It's become to PC and afraid to upset anyone. A whole load of non sense last night with a segment on this colgan fella which has been done to death in the media last week.
TheDavester wrote: » Ive a feeling Matt has seen what happens to people who don't keep with the pc line and changed himself (maybe for the tv show as well), he used to be the voice of common sense and was a tough interviewer
quintana76 wrote: » He seems to have gone on some reducation course to see the 'slight' error of his ways. He seems to have adopted the new uber PC line with enthusiasm. This results in very tedious radio. On the other hand if this is due to self censorship for reasons of career advancement it says a lot about freedom of speech in media circles. Despite this he seems to believe what he saying. Is this the future of all Irish media opinion?
jack hackett wrote: » In fairness to Matt, the whole world has gone PC now, do you think they would get away with fr sneaky now? not a chance.... oliver callan had his nob nation on radio 2 cancelled a few years back because he depicted brian cowan as a fan of major cigarettes and pints of guinness (which was actually true) but you cant say anything remotely out of tune these days or you will lose your job
dominatinMC wrote: » At the risk of derailing this thread, where has this tidal wave tsunami of PC bull**** come from all of a sudden?? Seriously, it's as if every media outlet and associated personality is suddenly afraid to give their opinion these days
Ursus Horribilis wrote: » I thought Cal Thomas put him in his place yesterday evening when Matt tried to interrupt him. (He'd allowed Marion to speak uninterrupted) I don't always agree with what he has to say but it's good to have a conservative on the show to go against the consensus.
jack hackett wrote: » I like Cal in general but i hate the way he feels that just because hes a conservative he has to defend trump, trump isnt a real conservative anyway and hes definitely not a republican
Ursus Horribilis wrote: » Cal doesn't always defend Trump.
BPKS wrote: » Forget the Al Porter issue. The big news involving a Today FM presenter came during the Last Word on sport yesterday even Matt Cooper was discussing Man Utd and in particular Marouane Fellaini. Cooper spoke of how Mourinho liked Fellaini cos he is 6ft 4” and they can lump the ball up to him. When discussing Fellaini not signing a new contract and possibly going to play in China for 150k a week, Cooper said, obviously referring to his height, ‘well Fellaini would get on great in China’. This is an example of racial stereotyping as Cooper was inferring that the Chinese race are small in height. It’s a disgrace, I am deeply offended for the entire Chinese race and indeed Fellaini was has been innocently dragged into this scandal. I have not been this offended in days. I demand that Cooper issues a public apology and resigns. I also think that a bunch of liberal millennials should be dragged onto every TV and radio show for the next week to discuss these disgusting comments by Cooper.
hullaballoo wrote: » The average height of Chinese men is 5'6". The European average is nearly 5'9". Marouan Fellaini is 6'4.5". He's tall everywhere in the world but particularly in a place like China. It's not a racial stereotype. But you know that.
BPKS wrote: » He was giving out about the racist chant about Lukaku a few weeks ago. No difference between what Cooper said and what the so called undertones of that chant.
pjohnson wrote: » I would have assumed Matt meant the Chinese league being woeful.
BPKS wrote: » He was talking about Fellaini’s height just before his comments. So I think it’s fair to assume he meant Fellaini is way taller than all the Chinese players which is racial stereotyping. I am deeply offended by Matt’s comments.
