The Last Word

Maybe I missed it but all I heard about Rabb was them laughing at his hilarious senility of claiming taking the knee originated in Game of Thrones.

...and when proposing to his wife to be

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Always fascinated by the way Matt talks....

From the back of his throat, in particular words beginning with the ch sound highlight what I'm talking about.

That's all.

I've never taken any notice of Matt but Jennifer Gannon has terrible pronouciation. She never pronounces words correctly and his dialect is terrible. I know she's a TV reviewer but I think if you're job is to appear regularly in spoken media, you should at least put some effort into pronouncing things properly!

As for her views, don't get me started. Joe O'Shea is just as bad. Nearly the only reason I'll listen to TLW anymore is for Cal Thomas, his views are very republican but at least he is willing to criticise the party and Trump. Marion and Matt very seldom criticise someone who has the same views as them. I'd actually like to see Karl Deiter on with Matt to discuss his view of Trump, he put up a very strong argument for Trump on Mario Rosenstocks show a few weeks ago and why he thinks Trump will get reelected.

Sorry, this post was a bit all over the place.

"I agree with everything Eoghain said"

It's the weekly 30 min Liberal whingefest on The Last Word

DrSerious3 wrote: »

I stopped listening last year, the tv slot and the week trending (as well as the treatment of Cal Thomas) pushed me over the edge. Jennifer Gannon, Eoghan McDermott, Roe McDermott. Who would listen to these to learn something? Just a sample of the clueless contributors chosen these days that say nothing except left-wing platitudes. Not an original opinion between the three of them, really not worth listening to anymore. Matt is a nodding dog as well, only becoming exercised about Trump.

Switched off a few weeks back. I’d spent far too many weeks listening and realising that the only shows Gannon could recommend were related only to feminism, destroying the patriarchy etc etc etc. You can only enjoy that radio show if you have all the “correct” opinions, those held by all the “good” people. Any deviation from that line renders you evil in Gannon’s small world.

jay0109 wrote: »

That was some promo piece that Tatchell got with Cooper! Don't know how the man can call himself a journalist

What happened? Not going to irritate myself listening to it. No mention of his views on children?

McDermott, Gannon and their ilk are painful to listen to. Their spiel is very en vogue though.

A few weeks back myself and my wife were driving back from somewhere and were listening to Claire Beck. The tunes tbf were cracking but before her final hour she said she was going to play a song that made her cry at a gig last year. We started guessing. The Freddie Murcury tribute at the Queen gig? Maybe a Prodigy song covered by someone remembering Keith Flint?

Fast forward 30mins. Lizzo gets played. Again, a brilliant song. Claire pipes in as the song ends.

"That brings me back to the Olympia Theatre in November. I remember just looking at the stage and crying cause there were women of all different body types on stage dancing with confidence......."

We both looked at each other and nearly p*ssed ourselves laughing.

robo wrote: »

So I think RTE are bringing a big change having Sarah and Cormac on Drivetime & I usually do listen to TLW but after a summer listening to Sarah, there is a chance I will start listening to her and Cormac full time.
For me, the one thing that will keep me with TLW is the competition...I know, I am easily bought. I have won a good few hotel stays with TLW over the last 15 years.
So will you be leaving Matt for Sarah/Cormac or even Newstalk's new Hard Shoulder presenter Kieran Cuddihy?

I thought that with Ivan's leaving, they might do one current affairs programme on Newstalk/TodayFM as there is a lot of overlap with topics and guests and they are all part of Communicorp.

I deleted TLW from my podcast subs a few months back due to Matt’s clear bias and his unbreakable passion for the lockdown and the government’s response to it. As you might guess, I believe this to be excessive but I subscribed again last week to see how things had transpired in the interim. I lasted half a show and won’t be coming back this time.

ShagNastii wrote: »

McDermott, Gannon and their ilk are painful to listen to. Their spiel is very en vogue though.

A few weeks back myself and my wife were driving back from somewhere and were listening to Claire Beck. The tunes tbf were cracking but before her final hour she said she was going to play a song that made her cry at a gig last year. We started guessing. The Freddie Murcury tribute at the Queen gig? Maybe a Prodigy song covered by someone remembering Keith Flint?

Fast forward 30mins. Lizzo gets played. Again, a brilliant song. Claire pipes in as the song ends.

"That brings me back to the Olympia Theatre in November. I remember just looking at the stage and crying cause there were women of all different body types on stage dancing with confidence......."

We both looked at each other and nearly p*ssed ourselves laughing.

"Their spiel is very en vogue though"
Is it though? Probably going off topic here (apologies!) but this is something I've been thinking about for a while. Is this virtuous attitude actually reflective of society at large, or is it simply perpetuated by a vocal minority in a media echo chamber?

dominatinMC wrote: »

"Their spiel is very en vogue though"
Is it though? Probably going off topic here (apologies!) but this is something I've been thinking about for a while. Is this virtuous attitude actually reflective of society at large, or is it simply perpetuated by a vocal minority in a media echo chamber?

Glad to see you have finally realised the truth ( if at somewhat of a late juncture).
The problem is that you can switch off the propaganda but it doesn't make it go away. It is everywhere.

The views of the few are being forced on the many. You sometime wonder if even they really believe them themselves.

Don't understand how anyone can still listen to Matt Cooper. Gave up years ago....and I even liked him at one stage.

You would wonder is it an editorial decision to let Matt now air his personal views?
Has to be or else he just doesn't care as much as he used to.

Cape Clear wrote: »

Complete lack of balance on a lot of topics. Has given the vintners the freedom of the airways for the last 3 months and allowed Cribben and co spout their bull**** about publican's and their so called controlled environment etc. Can't turn it on most days without him talking about his never ending refund saga with Ryanair. Some of the contributors are worth listening to the likes of Gyder and the personal finance/consumer guy. The less we hear from Matt the better the quality of the broadcasting. He's no Bill O'Herlihy and too much ego at the moment.

He's pissed with Ryanair cos O' Leary wouldn't contribute to his book on them.

Bit of a balls up there on TLW.

GP on chatting about diabetes, made a mess of her chat and apologised to Matt and asked could she start again, he said you're grand it's not a problem that's why we record these pieces.

And off they went back to the start with Matt reading out the same script etc again.

But they forgot to edit it out obviously!