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  1. Comment on “I do apologise for anyone who misunderstood the way I was using the metaphor…”
    on 17 May 2012 at 1:22 pm

    To me it reads a bit like Brian Lenihan’s ‘We all partied’ which was an attempt to imply that absolutely everyone is responsible rather than specific people who did specific things.

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  2. Comment on “I don’t think this generation is any different than the last…”
    on 15 May 2012 at 8:55 am

    ‘A front-page report about “punishment” attacks by Republican vigilantes in Derry said at least 85 men had been shot over the past year, according to police figures. That was the total for shootings over three years, not one, and the figures were provided by community groups researching the vigilante violence rather than the police’

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/may/14/corrections-and-clarifications

    Oh

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  3. Comment on Licence fee freeze leads BBC NI slashes top journalist jobs…
    on 14 May 2012 at 11:07 pm

    Jokeing – joking

    Corperation – corporation

    Propoganda – propaganda

    Also the BBC is on the internet.

    Other than those quibbles I felt you offered a rational and cogent critique.

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  4. Comment on Licence fee freeze leads BBC NI slashes top journalist jobs…
    on 13 May 2012 at 9:09 pm

    Hi Framer I see the beeb had reporters out on jobs again this weekend. I thought you said they didn’t do that at the weekend or perhaps you were mistaken?

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  5. Comment on Seanin Graham named CIPR NI Journalist of the year; Belfast Telegraph wins Newspaper of the year
    on 13 May 2012 at 9:05 pm

    This is a bit like the Special Olympics – there’s a prize for everyone.

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  6. Comment on 2012 Irish Open: Executive swingers
    on 13 May 2012 at 9:03 pm

    Sponors aren’t stupid. Outside of the biggest tournaments the most attractive events are the Middle Eastern/ Asian bits of the European tour. Where all the growth potential and money is. The Irish Open is not of much interest beyond these shores.

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  7. Comment on Licence fee freeze leads BBC NI slashes top journalist jobs…
    on 11 May 2012 at 10:17 am

    Would he (Nolan) really be able to command the same kind of money from a private media concern ?

    I doubt it very much. What do the BBC give him? Regular network radio, daily radio in which he wields considerable power and local TV.

    Possibly UTV could offer him a similar gig but they would never give him the same money or the same production. If he did a TV show for them the production standard would be of the ‘Late & Live’ falling-down-set variety. Also I’m sceptical talkSPORT would want him – as the name suggests its presenters tend to be former sportsmen or have a background in sports journalism. Nolan knows the square root of fuck all about sport.

    No broadcaster in the Republic would want him and his morbid obesity disqualifies him from UK network TV.

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  8. Comment on Licence fee freeze leads BBC NI slashes top journalist jobs…
    on 10 May 2012 at 5:33 pm

    It could but the imperative for it and the local biz mags is not to upset advertisers or potential advertisers

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