serfboard wrote: » Ah well now, he did have a solution to the poor numbers on the Western Rail Corridor - a tea-serving trolley. I kid you not.
JohnnyFlash wrote: » Doesn't have the chutzpah to come up with workable solutions though
JohnnyFlash wrote: » Ming is a man who can identify problems. Doesn't have the chutzpah to come up with workable solutions though, or to place himself in front of the electorate with a mandate to actually try and implement those solutions. Hurler on the ditch. Very easy job, and appeals to a cohort of the electorate who are permanently in a stage of outrage.
alaimacerc wrote: » About a third (IIRC) of RTE's revenue is from ads. Traditionally, any time a high-profile broadcaster is criticised for their eye-watering salary, the defence is wheeled out that they bring extra money. From all their hardcore fans tuning in, pushing up ratings, and hence the amount per ad slot they can charge.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » What exactly do you mean by “commercial revenue they bring in”. How does this work and could you expain it to a dim witted person? Many many thanks.
Callan57 wrote: » Ming is a world class whiner
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Good point there Jon, that place is infested with lefties. There’s a lad on Drivetime, what’s his name, Keane I think who I’m sure ‘woods-up’ when reporting stuff about the current Govt Throws serious shade their way, with obvious enthusiasm,and of course Wilson gets the ‘equality’ gig going on every show. All on huge wedges,Jon, and all seem anxious to ‘have a cut’ whenever they can. Subliminal agendas, Jon, listen carefully over the next few days and you will get my knife.
JohnnyFlash wrote: » Used to be a 'big unit' at one stage, Brendan. He'd have been known as 'The Bomber' or 'Brick Shíthouse' if playing senior hurling. Probably too much porter and snackboxes. Could happen to any of us to be honest. Agree he has gone a bit gaunt. Doesn't get away from his merits as a broadcaster though. Think his show on the pictotube can be very good when he gets decent guests, and he's not a yes-man or a script merchant. Not a leftie either, which is refreshing when listening to the national broadcaster.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Agree there Jon, lots of worse accents, Jacqui Hurley for example. Funny shape on Ballsy though, big meat head on a thin body. Not a good shape, in my opinion.
JohnnyFlash wrote: » The accent doesn't annoy me personally. Regional accent, with no huge particularities in how he pronounces certain words. I don't have the venomous dislike for Raymond either that some of the crew around here seem to have. Harmless sort. Think O'Connor has the makings of a strong broadcaster. And he might need a new job if the newspaper gig gets chopped as a result of the 'funny business' going on in INM.
bobbyss wrote: » Yeah but what about the accent. I can't abide it. I switch off when I hear him. I'd even prefer Ray to him even though he too annoys the hell out of me.
JohnnyFlash wrote: Anyways, when Marian stumps out her last fag and departs RTE then I think Brendan O'Connor would be a good replacement. He's quite a natural at the light hearted pieces, has toned down the need to be funny all the time when having 'the banter', and isn't afraid to give a few politicians a kick in the balls or gee if they deserve it.
Brendan Bendar wrote: » Not sure Alan, but he did say that he felt that half the nation wanted her to shut the fohhrke up in case their kids were listening. That’s a paraphrase, not direct quote. Now this this is only me, but the lass came across as a total cretinious person who seriously boiled my piss. I may well be totally wrong though.
alan partridge aha wrote: » I presume the presenter pulled her up on it and told her to stop talking shiote
Brendan Bendar wrote: » quintana76 wrote: » Irish woman who lives in Guatamala is asked by Brendan why are so many Americans living there. To get away from Trump and avoid their student debt she replies. The first part is pathetic in so many ways and sounds like a sanctimonious excuse for the second part. They are somehow claiming they are political dissidents who are refugees from evil daddy Trump instead of middle class kids having a good time and putting off responsibility. The sheer non reflective groupthink is typical of many anti-Trumpsrers. You would think that Trump was some kind of dictator who oppressed and locked up his opponents. Bet they never even voted. It's because of the likes of them that he got elected in the first place and has a good chance of doing so again. In my opinion she came across as a grade A arsehole. Sorry for being so direct, but that’s how it seemed to me.
quintana76 wrote: » Irish woman who lives in Guatamala is asked by Brendan why are so many Americans living there. To get away from Trump and avoid their student debt she replies. The first part is pathetic in so many ways and sounds like a sanctimonious excuse for the second part. They are somehow claiming they are political dissidents who are refugees from evil daddy Trump instead of middle class kids having a good time and putting off responsibility. The sheer non reflective groupthink is typical of many anti-Trumpsrers. You would think that Trump was some kind of dictator who oppressed and locked up his opponents. Bet they never even voted. It's because of the likes of them that he got elected in the first place and has a good chance of doing so again.
thesandeman wrote: » Brendan O'Connor today.
alaimacerc wrote: » That makes her salary 0.1% of RTE's total public funding. So surely he's at least entitled to 16c worth of grumbling about her! Sure, if MF quit tomorrow, he'd not get a rebate of a thousandth of his licence fee: they'd just have to think of some other way of spending it, whether better or worse. Mind you, while my own past and present bêtes noires on the roster are numerous, I'm sure they'd also defend their salaries on the basis of the chunk of RTE's commercial revenue that they bring in...
quintana76 wrote: » She used to be on a whopping 570k for the 3 and a bit hours she broadcasts. It think it was called sharing out the loot amongst those on the inside track.
dxhound2005 wrote: » You are a bit exercised about the €180K, but it will not make any difference to how much you pay in the licence fee.
dxhound2005 wrote: » I read some of your posts and you are in no way positive about MF. For instance last year you posted this in reply to a mention of her salary not being justified by the amount of work she does.She used to excuse that away by claiming that this didn't account for hours and days of research she put into the show. That might have been true in the distant past but for at least the last 6 years she's been ringing the show in without doing a tap and showing little interest in changing that approach. The show is dull as dish water, the presenter is uninterested, bored and cranky, the guests are mostly irrelevant old hacks and the format is jaded. Why RTE have held onto her in that slot for so long past its sell by date is beyond me. It reeks of the civil service of old- a biligerant, lazy clock watcher put in the backroom with light filing duties, her knitting and stack of Caribbean cruise brochures. If that was me I would never tune in again, but if people want to inflict suffering on themselves, go ahead. You are a bit exercised about the €180K, but it will not make any difference to how much you pay in the licence fee. And I expect you did not know anything about it between the broadcast in 2014 and the court settlement this year. So it should not have made you tune in during that time.
dxhound2005 wrote: » I read some of your posts and you are in no way positive about MF. For instance last year you posted this in reply to a mention of her salary not being justified by the amount of work she does.She used to excuse that away by claiming that this didn't account for hours and days of research she put into the show. That might have been true in the distant past but for at least the last 6 years she's been ringing the show in without doing a tap and showing little interest in changing that approach. The show is dull as dish water, the presenter is uninterested, bored and cranky, the guests are mostly irrelevant old hacks and the format is jaded. Why RTE have held onto her in that slot for so long past its sell by date is beyond me. It reeks of the civil service of old- a biligerant, lazy clock watcher put in the backroom with light filing duties, her knitting and stack of Caribbean cruise brochures.
humberklog wrote: » Huh? There's lots I ignore on radio. I'm generally positive on this forum. My posts are there to be read. MF's show was caught out to the tune of 180k blips not so long ago for allowing one of her trough pals (Gerald K) to attempt to put down Sgt. McCabe. A show that lets their dogs loose on a decent bloke and couldn't give an F as to what cost (MF's salary plus 180k) is certainly worth a listen and worth criticising. Hardly perverse.
