RTE sports is very very slowly changing it's approach to GAA. Very very slowly. So I suppose we should be greatful for small mercies. Well done Mediaman- a true GAA patriot in my opinion. His campaign is slowly bearing fruit.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2611 - 01/05/2016 18:51:38    1851174

I made a suggestion to the Sunday Game. It was about their highlighting brawls in the GAA. I said why not show : 2 Good, 2 Bad.
Like the Premier league highlights do. Show 2 good items about the games on show, and 2 negative or bad items.
Not just show 4 negatives!!!

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2611 - 01/05/2016 19:14:52    1851180

Was checking details of Ladies League Final in Parnell Park. RTE getting it wrong again. http://m.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0506/786581-teams-news-lidl-ladies-nfl-finals/

mod (Mayo) - Posts: 859 - 07/05/2016 16:01:38    1852760

How hard can it be?

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 07/05/2016 16:46:38    1852770

http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=254760

RTE to show 31 games again this year - glad its coming back -with sky and sunday game plenty of match coverage, three good games to start off with. Reading some of the posts here you d think RTE never showed any GAA, with this the olympics and Euro 2016 gonna be great summer of sport

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 09/05/2016 09:55:22    1853151

RTE had articles about the Guinness Pro 12 on their website this weekend. A shameful act promoting not only wanton alcohol abuse but also foreign games. Is there nothing we can do about this? Nothing? Nothing at all? Nothing at all at all? Nothing at all at all because we'd rather be reactive whingers and sure isn't it easier to blame the government, Nana Mouskouri, RTE, CIE, the AIB, , Mick Wallace, the AI man, the M50, Level 42, Nuala Carey, DJ Carey, Ian Dempsey, Davy Fitz, The LUAS drivers, the length of time it took to form a government, i-Phones, Vodafone, McAfee, Nanny McPhee, Simon Cowell, Donald Trump, Sly and The Family Stone, Half man half biscuit, Inspiral Carpets, LIDL, Elverys, The Manor Mills, Sam Allardyce, Climate change, O'Brien's Sandwich bars, Seattle Seahawks, because some people are never happy unless they're complaining about something.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7927 - 09/05/2016 10:32:39    1853171

I'm not usually one to whinge but I'm not blind or stupid. There is a hierarchy in RTE News sports department. The evidence is quite clear on that as highlighted by Mediaman so mock all you want & carry on with your head in the sand.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 09/05/2016 11:10:38    1853191

Regarding Green and Red's post, maybe if Mayo developed a "siege mentality" they would win the All Ireland. Not just uphold the status quo.
Alex Ferguson, of Man Utd, fame refused for years to talk to the BBC. Why, he reckoned it was an "anti Man Utd" organization. Yet Utd won more than anyother team! Mayo take note.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2611 - 09/05/2016 11:21:15    1853199

now that you are here galwayford i wish to refer to your post on 22/3/2016

Meathguy and Janesboro are 2 posters from not strong Gaelic football counties. There is an element of "sour grapes" in their attacks on Gaelic football in my opinion. You don't get such negative comments from Dublin or Kerry or Tyrone posters. But football is very weak in Meath and Limerick now.

I subsequently asked you to provide one example of any such attack on gaelic football made by me...... you wont find any as i have not made any ..... i

Maybe you might consider furnishing us with a response

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 09/05/2016 11:35:02    1853204

maybe so keeper but rte sports coverage is about more than the six one news - for me showing live sport is far more important - every big hurling game and most big football games (bar the 2 quarter finals on sky) are shown on rte, rte show no pro12, champions cup, no rugby world cup, no ireland summer tours and in a few years time no six nations, so i fail to see where this supposed anti gaa pro rugby bias is

separately good luck v offaly at the weekend, was in pearse park for two longford v limerick games in 2012 and 2013, in 2012 after winning in extra tie i then made my way to thurles so see hurlers beat clare in qualifier that evening(some adventure that day), grand decent bunch were the longford fans so glad to see ye winning games since , a lot thought i was mad makin the two games - and they were probably right -- wont mention the 2013 game!

janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 09/05/2016 11:42:28    1853209

Then do something about it or shut up whinging. Can't bother you that much if you don't want to resolve your 'plight' This thread and the previous one on the same topic must be the longest one active here. If someone posted one about referees being useless they wouldn't last a week without being challenged on having a few proactive ideas on how to improve things.

Mediaman is a troll. End of. If he wants to prove otherwise let him do something about his plight. Ironic for someone calling himself mediaman that he doesn't seem computer savvy enough to post URLs he claims support his issue. Because he only gives his myopic view if what he reads.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7927 - 09/05/2016 11:49:37    1853211

What are you talking about Galwayford? Is it so difficult to comprehend the word 'proactive'?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7927 - 09/05/2016 11:53:50    1853213

Fair point & fair play, Janesboro.

GreenAndRed,

What do you want us to do? March on Montrose en masse? This is a forum on a Gaelic Games website. Highlighting a perceived imbalance to other GAA fans is a good place to start, no?

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 09/05/2016 16:32:17    1853354

It's been started a year and a half or more Killer. Not giving out about you Killer, you're sound. I agree there appears to be a pro-Rugby bias on RTE at certain times of the year. But it doesn't bother me, though I think Ryle Nugent is a particularly annoying individual. I don't even have RTE TV, bar the Player, but the GAA on Sunday Radio is very good, particularly Mullane. Over the course of these overlengthy unproductive threads I even had a few suggestions to raise awareness, all ignored. Soma was the only one who contacted RTE. If it bothers you that much do something, anything, about it. But if it's your only worry in this life you're a lucky man indeed.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7927 - 09/05/2016 17:21:10    1853379

Janesboro top post and well said, might put some of the rubbish to bed.

The idea of trying to prove a bias based on minutes covered in a slot less than 5 minutes by a national station showing the national news was so farcical I'm surprised people fell for the trolling to be honest.

The GAA gets more coverage than any other in RTE. plain and simple fact.

tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1487 - 09/05/2016 17:59:46    1853392

I take your point, GreenandRed. Media has a big influence over the public & it is something that irks me. In many ways, it's counterproductive for RTE seeing as they are covering the games & coverage is great on Radio 1. It is interesting how long this thread has gone on for so I'm not on my own in this opinion.

keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 09/05/2016 18:37:29    1853399

RTE's Live Coverage for 2016.

Rugby Union - 26 live matches - 15 Six Nations games, 3 U-20 games, 2 AIL/Cup Finals and 6 Autumn Friendies.
Football - 19 live matches - all Inter-County Championship games.
Hurling - 12 live matches - all Inter-County Championship games.

It's fairly obvious which of these three sports RTE is biased in favour of and which sports it is biased against.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts: 355 - 09/05/2016 19:28:10    1853411

RTE's Live Coverage for 2016.
Rugby Union - 26 live matches - 15 Six Nations games, 3 U-20 games, 2 AIL/Cup Finals and 6 Autumn Friendies.
Football - 19 live matches - all Inter-County Championship games.
Hurling - 12 live matches - all Inter-County Championship games.
It's fairly obvious which of these three sports RTE is biased in favour of and which sports it is biased against.
mediaman (Antrim) - Posts:311 - 09/05/2016 19:28:10 That doesn't show a bias towards rugby. Where are you getting 6 Autumn International tests from? They are more than mere friendlies as has been stated before. That there is so few international tests compared to non competition games in other sports test games are very important

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 09/05/2016 20:11:01    1853424

Mediaman, what are the six rugby autumn internationals that RTE are showing? Ireland have only four games and RTE don't have the rights to them all as far as I know. I've no recollection of them showing other countries autumn internationals as again, they don't have the rights.
Hold on a second, is there a chance that mediaman might be a wind up merchant trying to get us all going and his facts are not facts? Does he make up those figures for the six one news as no one is ever going to check them and thinking about it, who would ever record them all and then time them 365 days a year.
A smell a rat here.

Roger (Meath) - Posts: 480 - 09/05/2016 21:05:38    1853443

Someone will have to clarify what Autumn Internationals, if any, RTE are showing later this year. What's interesting from the figures provided is they suggest RTE have already shown more live rugby games in 2016 than they will live gaelic football or hurling games in the entire year (barring possible replays). They have also shown live rugby games at senior international, youth and club level, which is a wider range than they will cover hurling or football also. Considering the most frequent rebuttal of Mediamans stats is that RTE show way more live GAA than rugby them figures do surprise me - it seems disingenuous to lump football and hurling in together as 1 sport for the purposes of comparison with other sports.

Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 10/05/2016 10:13:39    1853484