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We now have Prime Time presenters interviewing each other on the issue of hitting vaccine targets, in front of a green screen reminiscent of an industrial facility featured in an N64 first person shooter.

All very odd.

What the f*ck was that sh*tshow??

Brutal set....

The whole show was the prime time presenters talking to other prime time presenters plus the awful stephen donnelly getting interrupted.....

Dreadful theme aswell...

Is she trying very hard maybe?

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

All they needed was Alan partridge to turn up as their new presenter...

Im still in shock at how bad that was....

What was that background supposed to be about?....i dread to think how much money was p*issed away on this whole new look "PT".....

Miriam was acting like a glorified MC, introducing other presenters and releasing the pitbull sarah mcinerney onto donnelly...

And a nice bit of farmer bashing at the end...

Another reason not to pay the licence fee....sure why not give Ryan Tubridy another week off RTE...

Jizique wrote: »

What happens if they are just trying to drag it out and not answer? I mean, how irrelevant was the fact that the bill was signed 4 weeks ago.

Exactly, most politicians just want to waffle their way through the segment if it is with anyone who will actually ask questions rather than throwing softballs at them.

Miriam bless her could go though. I 'd rather have Louise than her at this point.

I think there are too many involved now, not sold on Fran. Barry is off out and about alot so he's ok, But is there any need for the other 4 in and around the studio?

StevenToast wrote: »

Im still in shock at how bad that was....

What was that background supposed to be about?....i dread to think how much money was p*issed away on this whole new look "PT".....

Miriam was acting like a glorified MC, introducing other presenters and releasing the pitbull sarah mcinerney onto donnelly...

And a nice bit of farmer bashing at the end...

Another reason not to pay the licence fee....sure why not give Ryan Tubridy another week off RTE...

Didn't see the point of the farmer slot. It was a NI vet practice. What has a vet in another country got to do with us.

Aska wrote: »

Miriam bless her could go though. I 'd rather have Louise than her at this point.

I think Miriam started with fulltime with Prime Time around 95/96.
She'll probably stay going until 25/26 and that will take her up to 30 years on the show and then retire.

Azatadine wrote: »

Sarah is a bit on the vicious side isn't she? I'm no fan of Donnelly but at least let him finish answering the questions.....

I remember her being like this on Newstalk as well but I thought she was more measured on RTE. Looks like she is back to her Newstalk form again on PT. Hard to watch this type of interview. Let the guests speak without interruption and give them time to answer the questions!

I tuned in especially to watch her as I've liked her style and directness in the past, but UGH no. She was painful to watch this eve. Reminded me of Mastermind.
She's like a bulldog. I feel sorry for anyone being interviewed by her she doesn't like or respect. It's bad interviewing skills and quite obnoxious.

Lesalare wrote: »

She was like a patronising school teacher talking down to her pupils and telling them to hurry up whist cutting them off. I found it really irritating to watch.

Had high hopes for her, but she was totally unprofessional. Can’t see her lasting if she continues in that manner. Politicians simply won’t want to engage with her.

Slightly OT, but I feel like the guy (Mark?) does a pretty good job. He always seems pretty well briefed, is fairly personable, and has one of those nice Dublin accents that contrasts with strangulated vowels of Miriam. Was sorry to see him demoted.

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Didn't see the point of the farmer slot. It was a NI vet practice. What has a vet in another country got to do with us.

Because you are eating these drugs in your dinner?

Those of us who have listened to her on Radio in Drivetime could have told you what to expect from McInerney.

It’s the old Vinnie Browne formula, chuck a question, five seconds later interrupt, chuck in another question ..interrupt....chuck in another.... and so on.

Interviewee doesn’t know what question they are answering and are disoriented.

Nothing new there.

Didn’t see the show but would be surprised if that wasn’t modus operandi.

Hamachi wrote: »

Had high hopes for her, but she was totally unprofessional. Can’t see her lasting if she continues in that manner. Politicians simply won’t want to engage with her.

Slightly OT, but I feel like the guy (Mark?) does a pretty good job. He always seems pretty well briefed, is fairly personable, and has one of those nice Dublin accents that contrasts with strangulated vowels of Miriam. Was sorry to see him demoted.

Yeah he was good along with the other lady.both now gone back to being reporters and probably a bit miffed .

You would be heartily sick of the waffle from politicians though.

The standard response to any question is a monologue, stating the obvious, rephrasing the question and saying precisely nothing.

Perfect example this morning with Norma Foley.

Q: 'Are we going to add France to the MHQ list?' (This may not have been Norma)
A: As you know, the government is committed to blah, blah, blah. ..... We're not sure haven't decided yet

Q: When will 40 yo teachers be vaccinated?
A: NIAC is independent of government, as you know, we follow their advice <blah, blah, waffle>...... 'Don't know'

If just once they would answer the bloody question with a simple yes, no, don't know instead of meaningless drivel, you'd have a lot more time for them.

I think most journalists show remarkable restraint. Politicians need to be called out a LOT more on their waffle.

I like Sarah and I like the way she goes after them.

If politicians won't appear on PT, it'll soon become their problem