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

No that is a general way of stating when someone has a problem with their argument, I have no problem with any RTÉ personalities really, I have issue with the management of RTÉ and the content that RTÉ provide.

Just so I am clear.

My problem is that we see to forget about the bad management of RTÉ and its lack of content and how you (as in the general you as in anybody) can divert the discussion away from how absolutely badly run it is as a company.

I mean have they in any way achieved Strategy 2024?

Happy to be proven wrong. :)

not just you but all posters and it very easy to get bogged down in the content and the presenters at RTÉ.

RTÉ's "star" wages IMO are not the fault of the 10 people that command those wages but the fault of Management at RTÉ who believe that they deserve them.

They way in which George Lee exited RTÉ for politics and re-entered RTÉ was badly managed by RTÉ, I don't see fault with GL.

They way in which RTÉ choose to cut funding to RTÉjr and LyricFM while pretending that the cared about these services was a mockery of how bad run the service is, all the while funding 2FM and increasing funds to 2FM.

The whole raison d'etre of RTÉ strategy is to play it poor while spending '000 on unnecessary expenses.

You seem to think every message that I write is aimed directly at you, even said "not just you".

But I am happy to debate RTÉ financial situation and how they are funded and how they are managed. (with you .... or with anyone else).

No problem

So to avoid getting "bogged down" but just to point out the bad management of RTÉ one of their presenters had a telling interview on an off the cuff remark and TBH I agree with the presenter that you should take a nap at some point during the day. But...

The presenter lives in Galway and works in Cork. They have a family and even if they didn't they would have a life, but unless they spend Monday to Thursday in Cork (which gives them little time with their family) and unless they leave Galway at 7:30 to get to Cork by 9 and then leave Cork at 5:30 to get home by 8pm they still have little time with their family, meaning that they really only start to leave Galway for Cork after 9am, giving them some time with family on school run etc.

This just runs into the idea that Presenters just appear for their shows and go home. IMO why have a show from cork with presenters from Galway and Dublin?

In fairness to Dee her predecessors also didn't know about the fact that their sports departments bought the rights to the WC, Euros, RWC and the Olympic games, and in fairness to them who knows, who (I want a reference), that these events happen every 4 years or so?

As for General elections, we've generally had stable governments, even when they are not that stable, since 1992

1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2020, in 30 years of elections only twice did a government leave office early, and with that they only left office 1 year ahead of schedule.

I am sure the news department aren't aware that the Euro and local elections will take place in 2024, may Dee might forewarn her successor! And lets hope nothing happens in August.

Also anyone else notice that the Six One News now returns 3 days after a BH.

Here's some more about RTÉ and but now from their head of sport. Mods I know I shouldn't give them so much say but they are asking for it

https://www.rte.ie/eile/2022/0404/1290243-declan-mcbennett-on-why-public-media-matters/

IMO RTÉ should not use their news site as a PR service for RTÉ, they have an about section.

I am surprised that the McBennett piece didn't suggest that these sporting events were in some way special events that managers in RTÉ don't know about 4 years in advance.

He doesn't once mention the move of main sporting events to RTÉ ONE, as planned in Strategy 2024.

RTÉ pay lip service to most women sports only coming to it late in the day (They had the rights to Women's WC in 2015 but failed to air it), RTÉ2 is nothing without sport but in their announcement of the games they only once mention RTÉ2, and I ask you to find where they mentioned it, https://about.rte.ie/2022/04/13/nothing-sounds-quite-like-the-gaa-championships-on-rte/

They never mention the problems that exist with RTÉ2, RTÉ2fm or their treatment of Lyric FM or that of Children's content.

It is always look at the good things we do... we aren't above criticism but lets not mention the real criticism that is there either for Sport or for other content.

Here's Jon Williams Head of News

https://www.rte.ie/eile/2022/0404/1290241-jon-williams-on-why-public-media-matters/