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by white grass
Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:27 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA Media Access
Replies: 34
Views: 44724

Re: Offaly GAA Media Access

I never compared the quality of any Offaly journo to those named only stated that many of them did not train as journalists. You stated you don't abuse people but your first op called more than 15 people a joke. That's mild compared to some of the things that get said but It ll be hard to get new pe...
by white grass
Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:07 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA Media Access
Replies: 34
Views: 44724

Re: Offaly GAA Media Access

Jesus wept the thread was supposedly started to ask if the local media was to cosy with the cb, the gsoc reference was used to show that all journalists, sports and news need to be careful to avoid becoming to close to those they write about. I thought it might be a relevant comparison. The thread t...
by white grass
Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:10 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA Media Access
Replies: 34
Views: 44724

Re: Offaly GAA Media Access

Three points and I am out. 1. All journalists need to be very careful when reporting stories, you only have to look at the recent gsoc scandal to see national journalists lose credibility because people felt they had become spokesmen rather than reporters. It's also important that journalists to be ...
by white grass
Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:23 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA Media Access
Replies: 34
Views: 44724

Re: Offaly GAA Media Access

I really don't want to get involved in a private fight,just want take issue with what qualifies someone to be a journalist(for the record I am not one). A number Ireland's best journalist came to the job without academic training in the field and traditionally most reporters served an unofficial app...
by white grass
Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:02 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2013
Replies: 41
Views: 38849

Re: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2013

A number of changes have occurred in respect to this weekends senior games. Tullamore and Ballycumber is now on at 4 30 tomorrow, Rhode and St Rynaghs has been moved forward half an hour to 11 30 on Sunday morning. The Eden Gracefield game fixed for Saturday is now on Sunday at 1.