Joe Duffy and the buke

mariaalice wrote: »

The question is about his book, every time any media personality is mentioned there is a raft of replies with nepotism rabble talentless rabbel. When its Joe you also get a few sly digs about where he lives and his money as if that has to do with anything.

I do not particularity like Joe Duffy's style nor do I listen to his show that often, however his life is interesting how he went to Trinity as a mature student and became a social worker that sort of thing so maybe his book is biased but Children do like to read about the lives of other children.

The main issue I, as well as a lot of other people have is how two faced he is. He permanently uses the programme as a personal pulpit and soap box to have his populist, man-of-the-people digs at politicians etc whilst at the height of the recession he was taking €400,000+ per annum in wages off the taxpayer. He admits that his working hours are 10.30-15.30, 5 days a week for about 40 weeks per annum.

He has taken Liveline, a programme for the people and uses it to promote his own interests, stories, friends and views. It has not been driven by the people for years, but instead by his opinions. Je cuts people off and shouts those down who disagree with his or express a view that it different to his and essentially wipes his arse with any rules regarding impartiality in state broadcasting.

The TV show is something he has been pushing for years in RTE, which is a questionable use of state resources. He again pushes his own agenda and is twisting stories on it to suit his agenda and not reality. E.g. he stated that the guy who was shot dead for phoning him from Portlaoise prison wasn't shot because of the phone call. The whole country knows he was shot as a result of the clampdown that ensued after that, but Joe denies it as it doesn't suit his narrative.

The book has been done to death at this stage. It's a hardback reference type book that costs €25, it's not childrens reading. He ahs used state resources like his radio programme and other RTE programmes to push and promote his book, something that I personally found distasteful.

The fact that he was a mature student is irrelevant, I'm paying for a part time Masters at the moment, all mature students, almost of us are working. It's not a big deal, there's thousands of us around the country.

If he is going to be pushing for the book to be sold in schools (Brendan O'Carroll is the opinion that every library should stock it) then that is a bit sick tbh. At the very least do a cheaper paperback version, HAVE IT PRINTED IN IRELAND please, and sell that.

But I doubt the millionaire Mr Duffy will do that as it means a few cents less per book will end out in his pocket.

Look, Ryan Tubs got his book about JFKs visit plenty of airtime a few years back. Now it's Joe's turn with 1916. You can't expect these RTE stars to merely live on their paycheck, they need to do a few nixers here and there. Poor guys.

Next year it'll be Mike Murphy launching a book on the 20th anniversary of Notorious B.I.G.'s killing. Perhaps.