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Newsreader Danny Keown RTE

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  • #62
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    It is Danny's overall delivery, his stumbling flow and tone that seems to be the issue for people on this thread and in a previous Radio 1 thread from last year, not just his pronunciation of words (maybe there is a separate thread for that??)


  • #63
    Tork
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    It is Danny's overall delivery, his stumbling flow and tone that seems to be the issue for people on this thread and in a previous Radio 1 thread from last year, not just his pronunciation of words (maybe there is a separate thread for that??)

    Agreed. Maybe it is a thread that should be split because there are two lines of argument going through this. If Danny or anybody connected to him is reading this, they're probably hoping that it'll go down the Hiberno-English pronunciation route, rather than people rightfully pointing out what a poor newsreader he is.

    I didn't know he had been reading the news for as long as he is. It seems people noticed how bad he was a year ago. I listened to that more recently clip linked to earlier in the thread. It's clear that a year of reading the news has not sharpened this chap's skills at all and that he is not fit for purpose. If probation exists in RTE (unlikely) he should be told "thanks but no thanks" and sent on his way. He still sounds like a kid in Leaving Cert being asked to read a passage from a textbook.


  • #64
    Pelvis Parsley
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    Frankly, we don't need to split threads, or hairs.

    He's gash, and shouldn't be there.

    Has morale in RTE gone so low (despite their high end salaries) that they have lost all sense of pride?


  • #65
    purifol0
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    Listening to him read the news on the pivotal judgement on the George Floyd killing was.....well lets just say he makes Lottie Ryan sound professional.

    Can anyone confirm he is another nepotism hire?


  • #66
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    New Newsreader on this morning Natasha murtagh.
    Same person featured here?

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/muggings-and-rape-threats-will-not-stop-me-travelling-1.2558949

    and

    https://www.rte.ie/radio1/brendan-oconnor/programmes/2021/0313/1203799-brendan-oconnor-saturday-13-march-2021/


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  • #67
    Elmo
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    New Newsreader on this morning Natasha murtagh.
    Same person featured here?

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/muggings-and-rape-threats-will-not-stop-me-travelling-1.2558949

    and

    https://www.rte.ie/radio1/brendan-oconnor/programmes/2021/0313/1203799-brendan-oconnor-saturday-13-march-2021/

    She is ten times better than Danny (her articles are rambling). She skipped over a few words and missed a few.

    Perhaps they haven't quite figured out what multimedia journalists are supposed to do.


  • #68
    lab man
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    PukkaStukka wrote: »
    One of those forecasters has a stammer and despite that, does a very good job

    I think it's great that they give a chance to the likes of this guy he has a big problem with the letter f but hes doing ok


  • #69
    Pelvis Parsley
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    Met Eireann forecasters have always been professional meteorologists, as opposed to unthinking TV friendly chatterbots and they are quite proud of the fact.

    I think they're dead right!


  • #70
    Wiggywiggle
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    Pelvis Parsley wrote: »
    Met Eireann forecasters have always been professional meteorologists, as opposed to unthinking TV friendly chatterbots and they are quite proud of the fact.

    I think they're dead right!

    Who’s the lad that does the weather on Ireland am (virgin media)


  • #71
    Elmo
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    Wiggywiggle wrote: »
    Who’s the lad that does the weather on Ireland am (virgin media)

    Martin King or Deric O hArtigan (sp?)

    Neither are meteorologist just presenters.


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  • #72
    Pelvis Parsley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭Pelvis Parsley


    Hartigan is about as much of a weather expert as I am.

    (I'm not!)


  • #73
    Hamsterchops
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    kazoo106 wrote: »
    First of all, I think most of them need to learn how to pronounce the word "news" correctly.

    Mostly it's pronounced "Noos" on RTE as opposed to the correct "Nyooz"

    Mind you these prople also have trouble with New and Newry !

    Nyooz?

    For as long as I can remember news has been correctly pronounced per it's spelling, news.


  • #74
    Elmo
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    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    Nyooz?

    For as long as I can remember news has been correctly pronounced per it's spelling, news.

    you mean "Neuuuu-iiss" :pac:


  • #75
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    Matt Cooper started that Nooooze crap


  • #76
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    Experienced broadcasters / newsreaders who are out of work and newly qualified 'clear and good' broadcasting/journalism graduates would give their right arm to read the news on RTE, whatever the shift.

    So how did DK succeed in the selection process? or was there such a process?


  • #77
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,616 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    Post a link, if you can please.

    Yes if somebody could post a link, I'd like to hear him too.


  • #78
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Elmo wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/11319489

    55mins in Met Eireann guy, who has an accent and is meterlogist and does a flowing job just with a slight stammer (I have no issue, he's not RTÉ).

    1:01 in a professional newsreader. (Martin Frawley)

    3:01 The person we are talking about. His pauses are in all the wrong places.

    above


  • #79
    Hamsterchops
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    Stops at 2:52 before he speaks :(


  • #80
    [Deleted User]
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    This thread must be pretty distressing for the young guy you're all talking about, asking for clips to share, etc.

    Not sure if this is appropriate at all tbh.

    Closing this - Mod


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