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Is it just me or does RTE regularly completely overwrite news stories with others? In the past week I've clicked on two stories from their RSS feed only to find completely different stories when I get to their site. Today, for example, a story about FG demanding that the schools reopen was replaced with a story about O'Keefe saying the schools will. That's just so not how to do news like!
I've noticed that too. Instead of a new page they just edit the old one. Depressingly lazy really.
To be fair, it is not just RTE. The BBC have done it for years, although much less recently. It's especially annoying because the link was in a lighter shade of blue, indicating that I've already looked at the page, whereas the content has been revised (maybe completely) since.
I actually emailed the BBC roughly a year ago about it, but never got a reply.
I thought the BBC updated their articles rather than overwriting them, which is the correct way to do it.
I think I'm going to use this thread as a placeholder for all RTE crapness. For example:
Dear RTE. A suspect is not a criminal. Get a dictionary.Quote:
New bill requires criminals to give DNA sample
The Government has published the bill establishing a national DNA database, which enables DNA samples to be taken and retained from suspects in serious crime.
For a different slant on the news you could check out www.notthenuacht.com
:D
I take your point Rory H, but it's a misleading headline and an example of terrible editing. Which was my point.
They ran a story on the main evening news about a week ago about the troubled 3G http://www.3g.ie/ business going pear shaped and then showed footage of a http://www.three.ie/ 3 Ireland(phone service providers)
shop.
They issued a cringing apology.
I noticed at the time, thought there was somethind odd about it but then assumed it was right when I saw the number of stores. I've never seen one, so I assumed it was Three's outlets. Idiots.
One to add - Sean O'Rourke asking Joan Burton today why she wasn't raising the property tax breaks during the boom. Either he is losing his memory as she's been going on about for years, or it's just another example of RTE bias designed to feed into the "they're all the same" bs that FF love in times of them getting hammered.
As V Browne mentioned in his show - interesting to see RTEFF's new reporter O Brien out in Haiti
Give me RTE over TV3 anytime. I think all in all RTE do a pretty good job on the news and current affairs front I must say.
RTE in general -
Their inability to run scheduling on time is something really irritating. A program will be 3, 5, 7, maybe even 10 minutes behind schedule with no comment or apology.
Farmers in West Mayo do a better job of anything than TV3.
I think the fact you have noticed this says more about you possibly than about them. What difference does it make if its a few minutes late, its not a train after all, and if its not a live show it makes no difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Aw it does make a difference if you series link something and coz RTE are late with it the programme stops recording before its over and you miss the best bits/cliffhanger! Really annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
What Magicme says. Happens all the time. Get with the times NeilMcD. :)
Have just PrtSc this moment to save for posterity. Dahamsta agreed with me on something! Whooohooo! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
Just change the setting so that you can record ten mins either side of the programme.Quote:
Originally Posted by dahamsta
Because fast-forwarding through 10 minutes of crap for every programme on every other channel because of the incompetence of RTE is great fun. Where do you get this stuff? :rolleyes: Does your mind really work in this positively weird way, or are you just belligerent for the fun of it? If the former, you should seriously seek help, and I'm not being funny when I say that; if the latter then, well, if that's you're idea of fun, I feel sorry for you.