Feedback thread for Radio Forum

I genuinely feel that even with these new rules there is a lot of subjectivity here and that will I feel be subject to some abuse (unfortunate choice of wording given the subject matter) by posters with differing views on what constitutes abuse or a personal attack etc.

What concerns me is if I post something that is intended humoursly I can potentially be reported by another poster taking offence on behalf of a third party.

We are told “Don’t be a dick”, but if Presenter A behaves like a dick it seems we are now forbidden from commenting on it, which seems rather weird. By way of example Mr. Tubridy posted a picture of himself reading on the tube recently. I doubt even his biggest fans would pretend it wasn’t completely staged - are we allowed comment on this and call out this fakery. falseness, or staged behaviour? And if so do we have to couch it in “in my opinion he is…….” language? I’d really appreciate some clarity on this and from reading the comments I don’t think I’m alone in that.

Similarly, can we comment on Ms. Garrihy’s seemingly never-ending endorsements, paid promotions, brand ambassadorial work and so on? Or any other presenter doing this kind of thing?

Finally for now, I again repeat something I asked last week on this thread. I’m at somewhat of a loss to understand why these public figures who happen to work in radio are being afforded a different status to say sporting individuals? I’m not a sports fan but by way of example I looked at a football and rugby thread this past weekend on this site. The abuse thrown at players and management was far beyond anything I’ve seen in my short time on radio. Players and managers were abused with abandon; the c-word was thrown about regularly, and a player was called a derogatory term used to describe members of the travelling community. The interaction between fans of opposing teams was not exactly “civil” either. It does seem like quite a double standard.

At least three of us have been reading the thread - see the Thanks for the first post! Other than this post, I intend to be an observer.

One can easily argue it relates to why Tubridy is presenting on a particular radio station and not on RTE, and how it relates to future employment as a radio presenter for that broadcaster and others.

This is not commentary - this is feedback on the scope of a thread in the Radio forum which has undergone a title change by moderator, and attempts to limit the content of that thread.

ban the term "tearing (person) a new one"

Yes, it would have been negotiated into his new contract or appearances would have been arranged.

The whole thing was an RTÉ problem from the start. They agreed to the contract, and everything it contained. The way went about paying it had nothing to do with Ryan, or his manager, as the Oireachtas committee pointed out.