Youâd be dead right there, they love to ferment negativity about the place. Ingrid Miley and the likes are a disgrace
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Funny enough the seethe was much less when Bush was re-elected in 2004. As far as I know Trump hasnât invaded any country , dismantled human rights acts , etc . Probably down to social media ???
Itâs a good idea to fact check everything you hear on RTĂ from the States. Theyâve drafted in Democratic Party mouthpiece Marian McKeone as a specialist journalist on matters US politics. Not sure what happened to Caitriona Perry. Maybe she has a migraine or something.
Maria went off on a pretty impressive rant about Steve Bannon this morning
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Darcy has big issues with women. He must be intimidated by them and thatâs why he ended up marrying what he did in his middle age.
He blackguarded that escort and tried to humiliate her. A very very small minded backward thinking man.
He set up to sneer at Pamela Anderson, assume because he was intimidated by such a beautiful liberal woman.
He sneers at America. He sneers at democracy.
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Sure after what happened with Geri Maye who could blame him
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He sneers at Irish democracy. He swore heâd leave the country if Enda Kenny was elected Taoiseach. Enda has been elected twice and Darcy is still here.
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Christ that would boil your blood wouldnât it.
None of them would even know what Breitbart is. They just go with the standard New York Times/Guardian line, they are a joke.
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He hates FREEDOM
It was an especially bad election result for Dennis O Brien which further adds to my belief that the election of Donald was actually a good thing. My modest share portfolio has rebounded no end too.
I would love to see a political revolution in this country too but there is no one more tribal and stuck in their ways as the Irish. Tiny rumblings of discontent with unions and public sector aside, the selective amensia that permeates the middle classes is astounding and people are too busy running to stand still to be angry or informed to do anything about it.
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Iâm not angry at âLate Lateâ over Hopkins â Iâm embarrassed
UNA MULLALLY
This Friday on the Late Late Show , they should shoot a dog in the face. To promote this slot, they should tweet about it, saying âthe bitch is back!â or maybe âthe puppy gets it!â Now Iâm not saying itâs right to shoot a dog in the face on live television; Iâm not saying itâs what the viewers want to see, but letâs face it guys, itâll get people talking. Itâs controversial. It will start a conversation. It will provoke discussion. And Iâm pretty sure that if Ryan Tubridy shoots a dog in the face on the Late Late Show , it will get damn high ratings.
It will naturally generate hundreds of complaints to RTĂ, maybe even thousands; but on the plus side, that means that in the run-up to the dog-shooting everyone will be talking about the programme. Itâll be in every newspaper, on the radio, all over Twitter, and people will have to take sides. Where do you stand on the dog being shot in the face? Have you written an open letter on Facebook? Then, after the dog is shot in the studio on Friday night, the weekend papers can continue the story: Was Ryan Tubridy Right To Shoot a Dog in the Face Last Night?
If RTĂ pulled the item in response to complaints, would that not be shutting down debate around the issues surrounding shooting dogs? Arenât people entitled to air their views on dog-face-shooting? Anyway guys, relax, itâs just a chat show.
Racist Last week, the world changed and turned towards a dark, dark place. To discuss this landmark event in all of our lifetimes, the Late Late Show booked racist Katie Hopkins. This was their offering the week Donald Trump gets elected. Wow. What Hopkins ended up saying, or how Tubridy handled the interview, is ultimately irrelevant. Hopkins shouldnât have been booked, not because sheâs a xenophobe who spouts bigoted hateful dirge and basks in negative reaction, but because she is tedious, boring, irrelevant, lowbrow, Daily Mail backwash.
Tubridy gave a weak response to the criticism: âItâs been a very controversial week on the globe, with a very controversial result in America, and weâre going to reflect that with a very controversial guest.â To unearth the hidden truth in this statement, please replace âcontroversialâ with âbigotedâ. Hopkins âdoes the jobâ, Tubridy said (oh god), âshe comes on and expresses an opinion that is contrary and difficult, but it starts a conversation.â
Before your brain seeps out your ears, rest assured that Tubridy probably doesnât believe what heâs saying here, but the fact that he couldnât come up with a better excuse for the motivations of the Late Late Show team is pathetic. Citing âcontroversyâ as a motivating factor for booking someone is not a legitimate excuse. Otherwise, they might as well just shoot the dog in the face.
RTĂ was never going to pull Hopkins as a guest as the complaints rolled in. Thatâs not what they do. RTĂ is all about generating controversy and getting people talking. Funnily enough, RTĂ seems to be selective about what type of views should be given free rein and what kind of controversy is âgoodâ (right wing) and what kind of controversy is âbadâ. This is an organisation that informed employees not to share their opinions of the marriage referendum on their private social media channels. Some free speech (Catholic Church) is more equal than others (the gays, abortion). RTĂ talks a lot about high standards in broadcasting, but the reality is its output frequently dips cringingly towards the mediocrity the Late Late Show displayed last Friday. I know a lot of people were angry about the Hopkins booking because of her points of view, and how people believe hate speech shouldnât be given a platform, and thatâs all valid.
But a greater problem for the Late Late Show is that they thought about booking Hopkins and followed through, instead of dumping that proposal for the stupid, first-draft idea it was. In booking Hopkins, the Late Late Show placed itself on par with the worst of the barrel-scraping nighttime radio phone-in shows, where eejits scream obscenities at each other, the inane gladiators of idiocracy. Positioning discussion and debate solely as conflict, and making people roar at each other for entertainment value on serious issues, is so over. Nobody is interested anymore. You can take your ratings, or high five after the programme, but thereâs a generation of viewers who have already left the building while RTĂ is still shoving âitemsâ into formats that havenât changed since the 70s. Hopkins isnât interested in âdebateâ, sheâs interested in herself, carving out a market in the right-wing media for personal financial gain.
Click-bait drivel
Imagine what the Late Late Show could have done the week of the US presidential election, an event of huge interest to its audience. Then look at what it did. Is this the kind of stuff RTĂ director general Dee Forbes wants to preside over? Shows that run from intelligent discussion in favour of offensive click-bait drivel? Shows that confuse entertaining their viewers with insulting and annoying them?
I understand people are legitimately angry about racism, bigotry and misogyny being given a platform by RTĂ at a time when so many people of colour, immigrants, Muslims, LGBT people and women are being terrorised in America. But when it comes to the Hopkins booking, Iâm not angry at the Late Late Show â Iâm embarrassed for them.
In the past 5 minutes on Irish Radio Iv listened to two separate Irish politician cast judgement on the United States of America.
Some Kerry chap called Senator Mark Daly is actually in DC and he has big issues with USA deporting illegals. Itâs an act that would have a huge knock on effect for Ireland as each of the 50000 paddies over there illegally would have 10 dependants back home. Thatâs half a million Irish directly effected. Plus all the people employed by the illegal Paddyâs.
Itâs an act that would bankrupt the USA he said.
Deputy prime Minister of Ireland was on then and she is so so concerned at the level of sexism and mysogny on show during the US election.
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Thatâs quite the rant.
Stage 5.
âthe landmark event in all of our lifetimesâ
Jaysus.
Una Mullaly is a very small minded young lady. She is extremely intolerant of others and their views.
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Yes but the women in America are being terrorised.
She sounds like the perfect woman for you.
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Apparently so Ooooona, turns out other women make decisions with more than just their vagina.
Embarrassing article. How would she like it if a puppy shot her in the face?
The folks in California are taking Trumps election pretty hard.
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