Recently Gay Byrne and others have been commenting on the inability of many RTE presenters to actually pronounce the English language correctly .The former Late Late Show (or in new RTE-speak 'Lace Lace Show ') host is correct , but no doubt will be ignored by the new arrogant establishment in RTE .
Ever since the licence fee became inflation-linked the attitude of the national broadcaster to the public has been a careless take it or leave it approach .Someone seems to have decided that just about anything will do .The quality of programmes have deteriorated at the same rate as the salaries of the presenters have increased .These same presenters seem to have built 'half-term'breaks for extra holidays into their contracts .The increase in the frequency and timing of advertising is particularly noticable on TV.
There sports department must have people hanging out of the ceilings , the recent coverage of the U.S. presidential primaries had about a dozen RTE people wandering around America telling us something that was already adequatly covered by other TV channels.
But the supreme insult from our National Broadcaster must surely be the introduction of puppets to provide us with 'entertainment 'RTE-style.
In a typical Kings - new -clothes approach people in RTE keep telling us how wonderful Podge and Rodge and Dustin the Turkey are and only fools would not enjoy this cheap and , sometimes ,vulgar presentations ,finally the lunitics have really taken over the asylum now that the giant brains in RTE have decided to send an updated Punch and Judy show to represent our country abroad.
