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Give him a break .......... he can't be as bad as the Scion of DalkeyIt will certainly get people back into the pubs again on a Friday night. I reckon the vintners association lobbied the governemnet and R.T.E. to give him the job.
He's all bleedin' shiny teeth and pressed hair, the RTE equivalent of Richard Hammond but without the Hamsters redeeming feature of having Clarkson and Captain Slow to act as foils to his perfection.He's not the worst, though at times he can come across as very smug...
Heard Tubbers saying that the show is going to be more of a talk show - more like Parkey, less Ross, so there won't be too much politics/current affairs (which is a shame IMO), so it probably doesn't matter about his FF affiliations.
The Late late won the last election for FF with its pre election panel of the three stooges of Waters, Harris and Dunphy. Harris got his reward in the Senate.I agree. It would be a different matter if he was presenting Prime Time or Questions and Answers or was the political commentator on the Nine O clock news. The Late Late Show is no more political than Tubridy Tonight so there isn't really a problem.
It still wouldn't be an issue. It would only matter if the presenter of a current affairs program decided to run for a party. It seems like a petty repsonse to ask is there bias just because Lee is getting a bit of flak.I agree. It would be a different matter if he was presenting Prime Time or Questions and Answers or was the political commentator on the Nine O clock news. The Late Late Show is no more political than Tubridy Tonight so there isn't really a problem.
Didn't Miriam O'Callaghan's brother run for Fianna Fail in the last election? Given that she was the person responsible for presenting RTE's main current affairs programme at the time and chairing the debate between Bertie and Enda, I think FF have a bit of a nerve getting so hot under the collar about George Lee.
I believe her brother is a running mate of Gareth Tubridy.
What's the chances that he might 'change his mind' and do a nice soft interview with Cowen or one of the others at strategic times?I read somewhere that Ryan Tubridy will back away from 'serious' issues on the Late Late, and just stick to entertainment, so it probably won't matter where his political loyalties lie.
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