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

Errr if RTE started to shitc*n NK roster members I say over 50% of there content would cease to exist.

Or….she had her 6 months away where she could collect as many freebies as possible, and is now back into the warm embrace of the public teat. Expect a break or something in a year or so when she wants a free Berlingo or whatever

https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-public-trust-6601541-Jan2025/

When asked whether it should have made the figure clear in its annual report, RTÉ said it would continue to use the current method.

“RTÉ’s Annual Report covers the entire year, not any specific quarter. This remains the case when figures go up, as well as down,” a spokesperson said.

“The figure you are referring to for Q3 is the lowest point over the course of 2023. These trust scores have increased since then,” it added.

Where is the leadership team to answer these questions?

69% - Before scandal (not meeting the 75% target, and as I pointed out in another tread that 75% target has not be met in at least 5 years)

32% - Following

Overall for the year it was 52% … but "the spokesperson" does tell us what 2024 has been like rather that figure will be release with the annual report. A figure to hand which is not part of any audit process. Will it remain at 52% or drop below 52%?

RTÉ seeks €225,000 sponsorship for Doireann Garrihy’s new 2FM afternoon show - is Doireann still part of NK agency?

to coin a phrase…what a load of bollix

I 'get' what he's saying, a lot of these older movies are also cheaper to air, compared to paying to screen a more successful recent film.

But most of the rest of what he said sounds like a way to justify the almost Billion euros RTE got to bail its self out.

He at least acknowledges that the young audience are abandoning TV, and it's doubtful they'll return.

He does but content is content, he doesn't mention that since 2011 RTÉ choose to invest €3m into 2fm every year, while cutting funding to young peoples content, RTÉ decision to avoid comedy and to cut their funding of Drama, areas that might attract younger people to their content rather than the platform on which they sit.

The €1k (possibly even less for older movies) cost of airing older movies pales in comparison to the €25k paid to each of RTÉ's leadership/executive board team in allowances each year.

When do Home and Alone and Die Hard stop cutting it in his view?

Also I would much rather Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Willy Wonka over the weekly Hallmark Movies RTÉ have chosen to show every Saturday and Sunday on RTÉ2.

If past performance based on O'Donovans stint in the office of public works (OPW) is a guide to future results, I would not hold out much hope.

Why hasn't there been some journalistic expose/ Rte prime time esque exposure of this scandal on ( Any Neflix execs on here) , focusing in on Dee Forbes

Her lawyering up and not co-operating is an expression of guilt in himself in my book

Why doesn't some young budding journalist in the Leitrim express go after this story..

Why did Dee Forbes get the role when she wasn't in the running at one stage. Close to the announcement of new Rte boss, head of what is now Virgin Media was the favourite , Bakurst was 2nd favourite

https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-director-general-row-6045549-Apr2023/

Why did the board pick Dee over more qualified candidates ?

Was Dee corrupt or did the board corrupt Dee? Did the toxic Rte culture corrupt her?

WhY isn't the frauding squad investigating Dee for fraudulent misssapopriation of public funds.

Why can John or Jane doe be summoned to court for not paying Rte 160 euro and she can fraudulently gift people 2.6 million euros and get a free pass

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-paid-out-26m-in-golden-handshakes-to-executives-during-dee-forbess-reign/a186595968.html

How much money is Rte paying her now?

So many questions..

Surely this story can't go unanswered forever?

Would the common man be able to make a complaint and have RTE investigated for fraud?

With say 35,000 new homes a year X e160. That's an extra 5.6 million a year those parasites are getting...

Dee is as much apart of this as anyone else involved, unless that was the plan to be that sacrificial lamb and scapegoat to further calls for more money for RTÉ? I can't imagine that to be the case. On your other post why did she get the job…

@RabbleRouser2k I don't like the word content either (one RTÉ person called it product, which is far worse) but I think content covers a wide variety of programming.

All in all Dee is recovering somebody tells me, they also suggest it wouldn't make a difference if she went to the Oireachtas to tell her side of the story.

Recovering from what ? Guilt? Sorrow? Self-Pity? either way she was not well, and that Journey to the Oireachtas should be on it way.

She sacraficed something

I was at the above interview, I walked out of the hall and walked out and I said to another man who was clearly unhappy with what he had hear "What did you think of that?" he just look at me and said "bullshit"… I wish I'd spoken to him more.

Can you show examples of white collar crime that has been investigated, and how such an investigation started? I don't really know enough about white collar crime but I do know its hard to start an investigation and then to actual make an arrest. Look at all the tribunals we've had over the years.

The redundancy package to a former CFO must be consider at least up for investigation?

She stupidly thought her podcast would be her main earner. I have been podcasting 9 years and it's not my main earner.

When I started my podcast very few people were doing them, and I have now done over 1500 podcasts. Now everybody and their arse is doing them. If I was thinking of doing a podcast today I would probably not do it as I could not guarantee it would be successful.

I am lucky enough to get at least 2 emails a week offering guests to appear on my podcast. To me success is not scrambling around looking for your next guest and I vividly remember having to do that in the infancy of my podcast. Success to me is getting guests to appear on a regular basis. I recorded 2 podcasts last week and I will have recorded 2 more this week.