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I recently paid my licence fee....160euros....its a lot of money for an average earner.quote]
I agree. In fact I think that the fee should only be no more than €50 per year to cover only news and public service broadcasting.
But it's the wasteful use of money and the overall ethos of RTE that is at fault. Not Pat Kenny the individual.
I'm not a fan of Pat Kenny but I don't think the personal attack should have been broadcast.
It's a live programme, they couldn't edit it out.
They should have gone to a break almost immediately.
I think Pat Kenny is a good presenter, particularly on The Frontline. But I think that the main substance of what the man in the audience was saying (that Pat Kenny shouldn’t be receiving a salary of €600,000) is correct. And it is about time it was said (or roared out loud) in public!
However, the man in the audience completely overstepped the mark by attacking not just Pat Kenny’s salary but Pat Kenny himself. He was wrong to say he was heading off to sue an old woman about a field. He was inaccurate when he said Pat Kenny worked 11 hours a week. He was stupid to say………“I don’t mind this woman here (M. Hanafin) who was elected by the people of the country being corrupt.” It amounted to unnecessary and unjustifiable personal abuse towards Pat Kenny.
Why we pay a television / radio presenter more money than Brian Cowen, Gordon Brown and Barack Obama earn between them is hard to grasp. What on earth does he do to deserve a salary of €600,000? Is there nobody else in Ireland that could do the job equally as good for a fraction of that salary?
(I would ask the same question about all those other high earning presenters in RTE as well, such as Gerry Ryan and Ryan Turbidy, whom I also regard as good presenters. They just get paid far too much).
Why don't RTE go pay-per-view or subscription based - like Sky Sports etc? No problems collecting money and they would make programs people would be interested in or go bust?
I'm not a fan of Pat Kenny but I don't think the personal attack should have been broadcast.
Pat costs me less than €1 per year from the licence fee and I think I get value for that.
Why don't you ask them?Why do they need a date of birth?
That's not true. The DPC has a broader role, in cases where organisations are seeking information that they don't need. I reported the Gardai to the DPC some years ago for asking about occupation on a witness form. No outcome to that one yet.Look into what? Unless RTE hands on personal information you have supplied to a 3rd party without your permission there is nothing for the Data Protection Commissioner to investigate.
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