Jerome Ousted?

[Maguire01]

Yes, but not people who support the NI soccer team. That would be akin to someone referring to Londonderry in relation to the Derry GAA team, just because 'a hell of a lot of unionists do the same'. Would you not be annoyed by that?

No it wouldn't bother me - unionists call derry londonderry and we have to accept that.
The only way we're going to be able to get on with things in the north is to accept the differences between the two communities not try to bully someone in to your way of thinking.

Yes, but the name of the team is the name of the team. If you're a professional journalist, you refer to the team by their proper name - you don't tailor it to reflect your political opinion.
Maybe it wouldn't bother you (or maybe you're being disingenuous  ), but there'd be uproar on here if BBC journalists referred to Londonderry in GAA reports in relation to the Derry team. Or Londonderry City FC in relation to the soccer team.

[pintsofguinness]

Yes, but not people who support the NI soccer team. That would be akin to someone referring to Londonderry in relation to the Derry GAA team, just because 'a hell of a lot of unionists do the same'. Would you not be annoyed by that?

No it wouldn't bother me - unionists call derry londonderry and we have to accept that.
The only way we're going to be able to get on with things in the north is to accept the differences between the two communities not try to bully someone in to your way of thinking.

Yes, but the name of the team is the name of the team. If you're a professional journalist, you refer to the team by their proper name - you don't tailor it to reflect your political opinion.
Maybe it wouldn't bother you (or maybe you're being disingenuous  ), but there'd be uproar on here if BBC journalists referred to Londonderry in GAA reports in relation to the Derry team. Or Londonderry City FC in relation to the soccer team.

People shorten things all the time - I see no harm in saying "the north" rather than reeling "northern Ireland" of your tongue 4 times in a news report. How many times is the "republic of Ireland" soccer team referred to as "Ireland"?

[Zapatista]

Yes, but not people who support the NI soccer team. That would be akin to someone referring to Londonderry in relation to the Derry GAA team, just because 'a hell of a lot of unionists do the same'. Would you not be annoyed by that?

No it wouldn't bother me - unionists call derry londonderry and we have to accept that.
The only way we're going to be able to get on with things in the north is to accept the differences between the two communities not try to bully someone in to your way of thinking.

Yes, but the name of the team is the name of the team. If you're a professional journalist, you refer to the team by their proper name - you don't tailor it to reflect your political opinion.
Maybe it wouldn't bother you (or maybe you're being disingenuous  ), but there'd be uproar on here if BBC journalists referred to Londonderry in GAA reports in relation to the Derry team. Or Londonderry City FC in relation to the soccer team.

Don't you mean - Londonderry City Football Club?

[A Quinn Martin Production]

Very competitive this year Mike

Its been more competitive than The Championship anyway 

Aye, we had it pretty easy in the hurling the year.

My main bugbear with the BBC continues to be the weather.  Why do they feel it necessary to tell us what the weather will be like in Norwich tomorrow yet the 26 appear to have no weather at all

The BBC must still be following the board...Dublin had weather last night!!

[45 metres]

Jerome Quinn, a good GAA man but he screwed up his job at the BBC from how he acted. No surprise he lost his case.

[muppet]

'Disingenuous'

The tribunal said: "We assessed the claimant to have been disingenuous at various points in his evidence."

Mr Quinn was not available for comment on Tuesday.

What does Disingenuous mean??

It is a word for those who cant use Google.

Muppet, a question please kind and knowledgble one from one who can't use Google. 
If you have consulted with Mr Google please tell us what does Disingenuous mean??

PS: Some advice; Google is for muppets, don't ask google ask me instead .  Muppet is a super handle.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&defl=en&q=define:disingenuous&sa=X&ei=nnZRTPmGHImM0gSGyOn0Ag&ved=0CBIQkAE
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/disingenuous
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disingenuous
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disingenuous

[Maguire01]

Yes, but not people who support the NI soccer team. That would be akin to someone referring to Londonderry in relation to the Derry GAA team, just because 'a hell of a lot of unionists do the same'. Would you not be annoyed by that?

No it wouldn't bother me - unionists call derry londonderry and we have to accept that.
The only way we're going to be able to get on with things in the north is to accept the differences between the two communities not try to bully someone in to your way of thinking.

Yes, but the name of the team is the name of the team. If you're a professional journalist, you refer to the team by their proper name - you don't tailor it to reflect your political opinion.
Maybe it wouldn't bother you (or maybe you're being disingenuous  ), but there'd be uproar on here if BBC journalists referred to Londonderry in GAA reports in relation to the Derry team. Or Londonderry City FC in relation to the soccer team.

Don't you mean - Londonderry City Football Club?

No.


@ derrycityfc.net

[The face]

There's no doubt that there is a bias against GAA in BBC NI Sports coverage. When Cormac McAnallen died word came down from on high that under no circumstances was it to be the lead story  on the main news.

[LeoMc]

There's no doubt that there is a bias against GAA in BBC NI Sports coverage. When Cormac McAnallen died word came down from on high that under no circumstances was it to be the lead story  on the main news.

Is there any foundation to this allegation?

[dublinfella]

There's no doubt that there is a bias against GAA in BBC NI Sports coverage. When Cormac McAnallen died word came down from on high that under no circumstances was it to be the lead story  on the main news.

Did you mean to post that on the GAA myths thread?

[Franko]

I'd like to point out that the words Irish and Catholic and Protestant and British are not interchangeable.  What sort of a pillock wrote that report?

[The face]

There's no doubt that there is a bias against GAA in BBC NI Sports coverage. When Cormac McAnallen died word came down from on high that under no circumstances was it to be the lead story  on the main news.

Is there any foundation to this allegation?

Yeah, they put a full page ad in the Belfast Telegraph under the heading "Don't mention the dead Taig". Also there was a picture of the Head of the BBC twiddling his moustache while stroking a white cat. Catch yourselves on lads!!!

[dublinfella]

Yeah, they put a full page ad in the Belfast Telegraph under the heading "Don't mention the dead Taig". Also there was a picture of the Head of the BBC twiddling his moustache while stroking a white cat. Catch yourselves on lads!!!

Its not up to us to 'catch ourselves on'. You made the allegation, you back it up.

[The face]

We were called into a room and told. And then we did what we were told so we could keep our jobs. A proud day for us all!

[caughtredhanded]

We were called into a room and told. And then we did what we were told so we could keep our jobs. A proud day for us all!

If that is the case it was a damned shameful disgrace but why is this the first time I've heard of it?

Usually stuff like this leaks out very quickly.