Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee poll not working - pl ignore

Muahahaha · 20-11-2020 10:54PM

Tpcl20 wrote: »

The Head of News John Williams is in one of those photos.

Good to put a face to the name of the guy who has an on going battle with Sharon niBheolain. She walked off the job just before she was due to present the news after a full blown argument with him in the newsroom last year and apparently there is no water beneath the bridge and its still bubbling away between the two of them

Elmo · 21-11-2020 12:42AM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Good to put a face to the name of the guy who has an on going battle with Sharon niBheolain. She walked off the job just before she was due to present the news after a full blown argument with him in the newsroom last year and apparently there is no water beneath the bridge and its still bubbling away between the two of them

Apparently Mr. Williams isn't the most pleasant himself. I think he, much like Ms. Ni Bheolain, has many bridges burning. But all heresay.

jippo nolan · 21-11-2020 12:45AM

thomas 123 wrote: »

Thought it was gas on the news, 100 year old man getting a drive by birthday sitting out in the rain - meanwhile RTE having a big party.

“The truth matters”

But, he’s not in RTÉ!

garrettod · 21-11-2020 01:16AM

Everyone should be calling for resignations across social media, linking to senior politicans and RTE - there's absolutely no way that this should be tolerated.

Atlantic Dawn · 21-11-2020 01:17AM

On the plus side I didn't see the RTE News truth matters ad on TV at all today, must have been pulled.

ButtersSuki · 21-11-2020 07:19AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

On the plus side I didn't see the RTE News truth matters ad on TV at all today, must have been pulled.

Well that is a positive.

ButtersSuki · 21-11-2020 07:24AM

Haven’t listened back yet but from the thread I do think Herr Duffy was stirring it a little, I wonder who he was having a dig-een at? The “we axed RTE for a spokesperson but day woodn’t give us one” was clearly a pop from de shmart-arse so to speak.

As many have pointed out the only reason he wasn’t there is he was on-air at the time. You can only imagine him being front and centre otherwise, whether he was invited or not. And then this story would never have been touched.

Edit: wrong thread, apologies, the phonetic writing is for a reason!

RabbleRouser2k · 21-11-2020 01:38PM

The RTE apologies were literally straight out of South Park.

smurgen · 21-11-2020 01:57PM

Now's the time to cut the cord for RTE. Weeks listening to them going on about the Bobby Storey funeral literally dozens of news updates about it and teasing out every little details.they're now going to fall on their own swords. They've become a mouthpiece for government parties and I think it's time Fine Gaels and Fine Fail pay for them themselves if they want.

DelaneyIn · 21-11-2020 01:59PM

What’s the difference between a golf dinner and a leaving party? One got weeks and weeks of coverage and ended in resignations. The other seems to end with some mealy mouthed apology.

They should all be sacked.

Hector Savage · 21-11-2020 02:03PM

Watched the late late on the dodgy box for the first time in years, christ it's awful virtue signalling tripe.

Tuned in cos I heard Mary Robinson and Micheal J Fox were on.

They really straw manned it by showing men from 1990 saying Women belong in the kitchen and for making babies ... even in 1990 that wasn't a general opinion, even nowadays you could find gob****es with the same opinion - doesn't reflect attitudes in todays society at all.

And that band of women - awful ****e, "they won't make it to the top of the charts because of a conspiracy against women making it ..." ... NO, you won't make it to the top cos it's a terrible song !! - that's it .

Defund that shyte .

RabbleRouser2k · 21-11-2020 02:06PM

Oh this ain't over for them. Guarantee you, behind the scenes, heads are gonna roll over this.
When the government and the Union of Journalists are getting involved, and staff at RTE are raging from within (many who either had it, or know people who had it)... you can't just brush this off with an apology.

Boggles · 21-11-2020 02:09PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Oh this ain't over for them. Guarantee you, behind the scenes, heads are gonna roll over this.
When the government and the Union of Journalists are getting involved, and staff at RTE are raging from within (many who either had it, or know people who had it)... you can't just brush this off with an apology.

Really? How do you know?

RabbleRouser2k · 21-11-2020 02:23PM

Boggles wrote: »

Really? How do you know?

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/rte-gathering-fury-among-staff-after-stars-covid-gaffe-39772635.html

It was in the Independent.

Other staff feel their hard work throughout the pandemic has now been undermined.

“We can’t talk to each other at our desks, we can’t go for coffee or share birthday cake, we’re in every day exposing ourselves and putting ourselves at risk and working to serve the public and then this goes and undoes it all,” one RTÉ journalist told the Irish Independent.

Boggles · 21-11-2020 02:30PM

We can’t talk to each other at our desks, we can’t go for coffee or share birthday cake, we’re in every day exposing ourselves and putting ourselves at risk and working to serve the public and then this goes and undoes it all,” one RTÉ journalist told the Irish Independent.

Why not?

I imagine it is one of those phantom quotes, but either way hardly raging enough to start an internal coup to get half dozen plus people sacked.

Yellow card for stupidity, but to start sacking people for posing for a photo would be next level dangerous stupidity.

RabbleRouser2k · 21-11-2020 03:54PM

Boggles wrote: »

Why not?

I imagine it is one of those phantom quotes, but either way hardly raging enough to start an internal coup to get half dozen plus people sacked.

Yellow card for stupidity, but to start sacking people for posing for a photo would be next level dangerous stupidity.

RTE probably have restrictions that the 'lesser' staff were following rigidly...

Now you see this s***e being pulled. and imagine how you'd feel.

NIMAN · 21-11-2020 04:06PM

RTE won't have the balls to get rid of anyone, not a chance.

The only thing I think that might happen, if it doesn't die down in the next week, is that some may get less screen/air time. Or perhaps given a golden handshake if they are near retirement (what age is Dobbo?).

But no-one is getting let go over this, not a chance.

Boggles · 21-11-2020 04:11PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

RTE probably have restrictions that the 'lesser' staff were following rigidly...

Now you see this s***e being pulled. and imagine how you'd feel.

We can’t talk to each other at our desks

That is fair rigid all right, I'm also assuming it's complete bollíx.

NIMAN · 21-11-2020 04:14PM

I'd say what they mean is that they can't talk to each other at their desks without wearing masks......thats a different thing.

And of course, that would be the right thing to do.

The stupid thing about the photos released is that some of them are actually holding the masks in their hands, so probably either took them off for the photos or else were just carrying them around without using them.

RabbleRouser2k · 21-11-2020 07:19PM

NIMAN wrote: »

I'd say what they mean is that they can't talk to each other at their desks without wearing masks......thats a different thing.

And of course, that would be the right thing to do.

The stupid thing about the photos released is that some of them are actually holding the masks in their hands, so probably either took them off for the photos or else were just carrying them around without using them.

Tbf, if the RTE studios get shut down, Tubridy will have nobody to interview. The Canteen's already closed due to Covid-that's meant Tubridy has had to pay money to get actual guests on his show... tho he's getting them at a bargain, cos lockdown means they can do interviews over zoom/ teams.

All it takes is one woke celeb to be like 'I'm not talking to RTE because ya feckers flaunted Covid rules'... and they'll have to start making firings as a gesture of 'fixing the problem'.
(I'd say Blathnaid might be first to go-she's got a target on her back since she decided to sue RTE, especially after the whole Sheana Keane debacle).

glenfieldman · 21-11-2020 09:29PM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Tbf, if the RTE studios get shut down, Tubridy will have nobody to interview. The Canteen's already closed due to Covid-that's meant Tubridy has had to pay money to get actual guests on his show... tho he's getting them at a bargain, cos lockdown means they can do interviews over zoom/ teams.

All it takes is one woke celeb to be like 'I'm not talking to RTE because ya feckers flaunted Covid rules'... and they'll have to start making firings as a gesture of 'fixing the problem'.
(I'd say Blathnaid might be first to go-she's got a target on her back since she decided to sue RTE, especially after the whole Sheana Keane debacle).

Please god

Biafranlivemat · 22-11-2020 02:32AM

Slightly off topic.
Why is there so many visitors to the RTE webpage from S. Korea.

Visitors by Country

Ireland
73.2%
United States
8.4%
South Korea
4.5%

https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rte.ie#section_traffic

Atlantic Dawn · 22-11-2020 02:46AM

glenfieldman wrote: »

Please god

I get the feeling she's there for life, whoy would she go, basically can never be sacked.

expectationlost · 22-11-2020 02:52AM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

RTE probably have restrictions that the 'lesser' staff were following rigidly...

Now you see this s***e being pulled. and imagine how you'd feel.

the receptionist staff arn't lesser staff though?

expectationlost · 22-11-2020 02:53AM

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Oh this ain't over for them. Guarantee you, behind the scenes, heads are gonna roll over this.
When the government and the Union of Journalists are getting involved, and staff at RTE are raging from within (many who either had it, or know people who had it)... you can't just brush this off with an apology.

it was NUJ members who broke the guidelines?

why does the Independent say

RTÉ staff are “furious” after some of the top earners at the broadcaster ignored social distancing guidelines and posed for photos without masks at a retirement gathering.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/rte-gathering-fury-among-staff-after-stars-covid-gaffe-39772635.html

are the receptionist staff top earners?

ButtersSuki · 22-11-2020 09:20AM

Biafranlivemat wrote: »

Slightly off topic.
Why is there so many visitors to the RTE webpage from S. Korea.

Visitors by Country

Ireland
73.2%
United States
8.4%
South Korea
4.5%

https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rte.ie#section_traffic

To watch and listen to world class broadcasting talent like Tubs and D’Arcy, and to learn English and how to pronounce words correctly under Mr. Duffy’s tutelage.

kippy · 22-11-2020 09:27AM

Biafranlivemat wrote: »

Slightly off topic.
Why is there so many visitors to the RTE webpage from S. Korea.

Visitors by Country

Ireland
73.2%
United States
8.4%
South Korea
4.5%

https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rte.ie#section_traffic

Bots, potential hackers and more possibly people using a VPN.

The J Stands for Jay · 22-11-2020 09:46AM

Hector Savage wrote: »

And that band of women - awful ****e, "they won't make it to the top of the charts because of a conspiracy against women making it ..." ... NO, you won't make it to the top cos it's a terrible song !! - that's it .

Defund that shyte .

I haven't heard this song yet, but their first one is awful. It's so jarring moving between the different voices. If they stuck to one or two it's be a decent song.

RabbleRouser2k · 22-11-2020 10:25AM

McGaggs wrote: »

I haven't heard this song yet, but their first one is awful. It's so jarring moving between the different voices. If they stuck to one or two it's be a decent song.

Last charity single folks tried (for Pieta House) was a total disaster...

Both in sales, and in quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zcr4CUhQls

RabbleRouser2k · 24-11-2020 02:54AM

So I see RTE now have to prove to the gardai that the party was not pre-planned, and was instead an impromptu event.

It will be pretty hard to explain away the special edition RTE guide, with the retiring staff member on the on the cover, as impromptu, innit?

Crowd of GENIUSES at that station...:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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