Mark Simpson BBC journalist - Anti-Irish?

lima wrote: »

Can't get a bleedin' job back home, least I'm not costing the state anything

Bad luck, but you really shouldn't be so sensitive Simpson may or may not be a dcik but what he's said is utterly harmless and unfortunately for the most part true.

Saul-Goode9 wrote: »

Something like this, is he?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJyhL-m31-I

(yes, I realise thats Skye news, not BBC)

Go to 1.15:

lima wrote: »

Never said he says untrue things

He mentions more of the bad things going on in Ireland than the good ones:

But that's because the newsworthy events happening in Ireland right now are more likely to be negative than positive. He's no different in that than the Sky coverage, or that of Channel 4, or even (especially), the Irish broadcasters. I would have thought was pretty obvious.

Quotes from Twatter:

'Aviva stadium in Dublin at kick-off looks like the sporting equivalent of a ghost estate'

It did.

'Economic theme to NI fans chants in Dublin to Republic fans - "Where's your Tiger gone?"'

That's funny and relevant. What's wrong with it? He also quoted what the ROI fans shouted back.

"'Ask not what Ireland can do for Obama, but what Obama can do for Ireland' said one Dublin politician. US tourists badly needed."

Umm, that's true. And it's a quote from an Irish politician.

lima wrote: »

In his Obama Visit article (however I realise this was posted in the USA/Canada section of the BBC website:



"It also allowed him to woo the 37m Irish-Americans back home who are wondering where their vote will go in next year's presidential election." - assuming the only reason for Obama's visit was for the American-Irish vote

It's commonly assumed that that is one of the reasons for his visit. Why shouldn't he mention it?

"What happened next was the most predictable event in Ireland since Jedward were picked to represent the country in the recent Eurovision Song Contest." - Bringing up those ejits so as to ridicule Ireland

So he shouldn't report on what actually happened? And how does the fact that Jedward entertained the crowd demean Ireland?

""I just want you to know that the President pays his bar tab," he announced. It is just as well. Ireland needs all the money it can get." - Saying that we are desperate for money, even the price of a pint will help - very patronising in my opinion.

It was a segue into a discussion about the Irish economy. Mightn't have been well done, but it's a pretty common journalistic device. Noting to see here...

"Ireland is going through a four-year austerity programme, in order to start to pay back its 85bn euros international bail-out.
The visit of the American president this week - and the Queen last week - may pave the way for more inward investment. They will almost certainly lead to a tourism boost.
However, the road to recovery for the Irish economy is going to be a bumpy one.
The immediate priority for the Dublin government is to negotiate a lower interest rate for their bail-out, and ensure that they resist European efforts to force them to raise corporation tax.
It is not clear whether they will succeed"
- what is the point of mentioning this?? This is just bringing up bad news for the sake of it.

Perhaps he could have left it out, but people are interested in this.

"After two years of economic meltdown, the VIP visits have got many Irish eyes smiling again." - 'Irish Eyes Smiling' - making us out to be stupidly gullible in that we now think everything will be ok.

American politicians and Irish America commonly use this phrase. Are they demeaning us too? Seriously, talk about hyper-sensitivity.

lima wrote: »

The only assumption I made was that everyone from the protestant community in NI would mention the bad things about Ireland if they were journalists.

What a moronic assumption. You sound pretty hostile to Northern Protestants yourself there. Some of Ireland's greatest patriots were Northern Protestants.

My point anyway is that this guy does not give good reports because he comes across as if he would love to see Ireland go down the drain.

The fact is that there have been precious few good news stories emanating from Ireland recently. In that regard, the BBC reporting has been no different from their reports on Greece and Portugal, or Irish media coverage of Ireland.

pmcmahon wrote: »

am i the only one not seeing the anti Irish sentiment?,just because he isn't saying how everybody loves Ireland doesn't exactly mean he's anti Irish.

Can't see anything wrong with what he's said in those twitterings or reports.

Can see plenty wrong with the opening post and subsequent ones that are trying to make the point that a particular person being from NI or potentially being non-catholic somehow means that your not allowed an opinion on the state of Ireland.