Did anyone else hear the rubbish that RTE Sports spewed out during the prime news program this evening ? I think it was about 1840 or so.
Basically it was a 5 minute piece (but it felt like 15 minutes) covering how Southsiders are going to find their way to Croke Park this weekend.
I had the strongest urge ever to turn the radio off. Ever.
After the first one or two interviews with stereotypes the remaining 15 became redundant - we got the picture. They even pulled the standard one of "my passport's up to date so there shouldn't be a problem" as well as a bizarre one about getting a bus laid on from Kielys (or somewhere like that) and getting Daddy to pick the guy up immediatley afterwards. This is *prime* news time on the national broadcaster, not pirate radio, not tweenie-time.
They then went on to have long piece where the reporter accompanied some guy on the 46A and he continued to spew forth the same rubbish.
It was stunningly poor broadcasting.
z
Basically it was a 5 minute piece (but it felt like 15 minutes) covering how Southsiders are going to find their way to Croke Park this weekend.
I had the strongest urge ever to turn the radio off. Ever.
After the first one or two interviews with stereotypes the remaining 15 became redundant - we got the picture. They even pulled the standard one of "my passport's up to date so there shouldn't be a problem" as well as a bizarre one about getting a bus laid on from Kielys (or somewhere like that) and getting Daddy to pick the guy up immediatley afterwards. This is *prime* news time on the national broadcaster, not pirate radio, not tweenie-time.
They then went on to have long piece where the reporter accompanied some guy on the 46A and he continued to spew forth the same rubbish.
It was stunningly poor broadcasting.
z