RTE fail us yet again.

Poly · 27-11-2010 04:07PM #1

Once again RTE fail the license fee payer, today’s march is the lead story on SKY and BBC. They have reporters covering the story live from the GPO.

RTE doing fcuk all as usual.

It’s time for us to tell RTE:

“We’ve heard all the excuses, and we don’t believe any of it. Now fcuk off you overpaid, useless, FF lickarse b@stards”

super_furry · 27-11-2010 04:09PM

Emmmm.....Sky and BBC are both 24 hour channels. RTE, oddly enough, isn't.

alwaysadub · 27-11-2010 04:09PM

I've stopped watching RTE News.
They were always slow with their news, but lately they are worse than useless!

Micky Dolenz · 27-11-2010 04:10PM

RTE doesn't have a 24 hour news station. try the radio.

figarofigaro · 27-11-2010 04:11PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS3QOtbW4m0

jugger · 27-11-2010 04:12PM

the state broadcaster isnt showing protests against the goverment.......you should write to your td

super_furry · 27-11-2010 04:13PM

If there's nothing on the six o'clock news then you might have a point, but there will be so...you don't.

Ozwald · 27-11-2010 04:13PM

Poly wrote: »

Once again RTE fail the license fee payer, today’s march is the lead story on SKY and BBC. They have reporters covering the story live from the GPO.

RTE doing fcuk all as usual.

It’s time for us to tell RTE:

“We’ve heard all the excuses, and we don’t believe any of it. Now fcuk off you overpaid, useless, FF lickarse b@stards”

Spot on!

They wouldn't last p!ssing time in any other country :mad:

Mark200 · 27-11-2010 04:14PM

As said, RTE isn't a 24 hour news channel.

steddyeddy · 27-11-2010 04:14PM

They have the responsiblity to show news of great national importance they failed on all counts lately.

They have a live facility in their website and currently they are showing...racing maybe the fianna fail tent will get some close ups.

Wompa1 · 27-11-2010 04:15PM

It's lead story on their website. I agree they dropped the ball last week but can't blame them for not having the march in fairness.

"We will march day and night by the big cooling tower they have the plant but we have the power!"

Mark200 · 27-11-2010 04:15PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

They have the responsiblity to show news of great national importance they failed on all counts lately.

I don't see how a protest that will achieve nothing is of national importance. We've had countless protests in the last few years... this one isn't any different.

Poly · 27-11-2010 04:16PM

Mark200 wrote: »

As said, RTE isn't a 24 hour news channel.

Agreed, but it is the state broadcaster, which we pay for, and this is a very large event at a critical time in our history. It should be covered live.

Princess Peach · 27-11-2010 04:17PM

Are you suggesting they interrupt Earnest saves Christmas for some silly news item?

You're crazy!

steddyeddy · 27-11-2010 04:17PM

Mark200 wrote: »

I don't see how a protest that will achieve nothing is of national importance. We've had countless protests in the last few years... this one isn't any different.

a protest of at least 50,000 people marching through the capital whatever they achieve is of national importance, considering how sky news and the bbc think its of international importance I can say rte dropped the ball.

colly10 · 27-11-2010 04:18PM

Thats what the news is for, it'll be on the news. RTE have deserved some of the criticism lately but this is laughable, some people just love to complain.

Of course sky are showing it, Rooney missing training cause he's sick is normally enough to make "breaking news" for the day, they have to show something

minidazzler · 27-11-2010 04:18PM

Poly wrote: »

Agreed, but it is the state broadcaster, which we pay for, and this is a very large event at a critical time in our history. It should be covered live.

We only pay for it, the govt give them the money, so who do you think they will support?

dr.bollocko · 27-11-2010 04:19PM

I had assumed that RTE wouldn't stop their schedule for a protest march tbh. Many people who weren't there disagree with the reasoning for the march.

Yakult · 27-11-2010 04:20PM

Poly wrote: »

It’s time for us to tell RTE:

“We’ve heard all the excuses, and we don’t believe any of it. Now fcuk off you overpaid, useless, FF lickarse b@stards”

And they will just laugh along with saying they are doing a fine job.

The best job for RTE would be a boycott. No one tune in and really bring down their views.

Of course, that wont ever happen :rolleyes:

Wicklowrider · 27-11-2010 04:21PM

After the muckers in the Dail, RTE should be next to on the list to be got rid of.
Useless self serving, jobs for the boys and girls, talentless and worthless idiots.

steddyeddy · 27-11-2010 04:23PM

Whatever the coverage issues I do think that rte are fianna fail biased ( ryan tubridy certainly is as hes related to them) and no coverage or lack of it has come close to vincent brownes coverage of the national crisis

Bodhisopha · 27-11-2010 04:25PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

Are you suggesting they interrupt Earnest saves Christmas for some silly news item?

You're crazy!

Sweet. Thanks skippy.

dxhound2005 · 27-11-2010 04:26PM

R_H_C_P wrote: »

And they will just laugh along with saying they are doing a fine job.

The best job for RTE would be a boycott. No one tune in and really bring down their views.

Of course, that wont ever happen :rolleyes:

You can make it happen in your house.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 27-11-2010 04:27PM

The best job for RTE is for nobody to pay the extortionate bastards. Of course Irish people will never do this.

OutlawPete · 27-11-2010 04:29PM

Poly wrote: »

Once again RTE fail the license fee payer..

I agree, it's a fecking disgrace that Dustin wasn't on The Late Late.

super_furry · 27-11-2010 04:29PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

considering how sky news and the bbc think its of international importance I can say rte dropped the ball.

They don't. It's just that they have 24 hours of programming each day to fill and there's only so many Prince William fluff pieces they can run.

steddyeddy · 27-11-2010 04:30PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

I agree, it's a fecking disgrace that Dustin wasn't on the Late Late.

instead you had the grinch who stole christman aka Im only in the job thanks to daddys influence tubridy

sdanseo · 27-11-2010 04:30PM

RTÉ are incompetent overpaid fools, without any doubt. But today they're covering the story in as much as I'd ever expect them to. RTÉ News Now should have a 24/7 presenter - given how many public servants seem to spend their days throwing paper planes around the place in that building surely one of them could sit in front of a camera?

steddyeddy · 27-11-2010 04:33PM

the imf are coming into the country, half the world is watching us and intead of increasing live coverage by 20% they seem to think have the country wants to watch horse racing

Mark200 · 27-11-2010 04:37PM

super_furry wrote: »

They don't. It's just that they have 24 hours of programming each day to fill and there's only so many Prince William fluff pieces they can run.

Exactly.

And it's funny how often people in this forum make fun of Sky News for sensationalising events... but apparently it's ok as long as they're sensationalising something you support.

Dannyboy1987 · 27-11-2010 04:37PM

everyone knows rte news doesn't run 24 hours but in fairness they claim to have rte player which they usually use for events such as this , government state run tv

RTE fail us yet again.

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