Robbie Keane on Late Late Show Tonight

**NeilMcD** · 22/10/2007, 5:02 PM

Originally Posted by youngirish

I did a masters in Media studies?

Why?

For a laugh.

**youngirish** · 22/10/2007, 5:04 PM

Originally Posted by mattie

Fair enough.

Here is a quote from Al Gore about the campaign he ran the first time he ran for the Senate

"my campaign advisors made a recommendation and prediction that surprised me with its specifity: 'If you run this ad at this many points [a measure of the size of advertising buy], and if Ashe (opponent) responds as we anticipate, and then we purchase this many points to air our response to his response, the net result after three weeks will be an increase of 8.5% in your lead in the polls.'
I authorized the plan and was astonished when three weeks later my lead had increased by exactly 8.5%"

If people can always think for themselves how does advertising make them buy things they don't need.

Obviously its not black and white and certain people are influenced more than others, but maybe you should ask someone with a masters in marketing what they think.

You can't compare Americans with Irish people. Fox News' coverage of the Iraq war is comparable to Nazi newsreels during operation Barbarossa. The average American doesn't know what's going on outside his/her own town nevermind in their country as a whole or across the world. They are also for the most part extremely gullible people and will take what they are told as gospel.

I'd credit Irish people as a whole with having a bit more savy.

**youngirish** · 22/10/2007, 5:05 PM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

For a laugh.

Then I'm pleased that you got everything that you wanted out of it.

**NeilMcD** · 22/10/2007, 5:07 PM

Thanks its good to know you care.

**mattie** · 22/10/2007, 5:10 PM

Originally Posted by youngirish

You can't compare Americans with Irish people. Fox News' coverage of the Iraq war is comparable to Nazi newsreels during operation Barbarossa. The average American doesn't know what's going on outside his town nevermind in his/her country as a whole or across the world. They are also for the most part extremely gullible people and will take what they are told as gospel.

I'd credit Irish people as a whole with having a bit more savy.

I agree with what you are saying but Gore ran for the Senate in the Seventies. Back when America was a Democracy.

By the way, Irish people are going the same way as Americans. Mark my words

**Bald Student** · 22/10/2007, 5:47 PM

If the media controled people's thoughts, there's no way FF would have been reelected.

**Jerry The Saint** · 22/10/2007, 5:47 PM

Originally Posted by youngirish

You can't compare Americans with Irish people. Fox News' coverage of the Iraq war is comparable to Nazi newsreels during operation Barbarossa. The average American doesn't know what's going on outside his/her own town nevermind in their country as a whole or across the world. They are also for the most part extremely gullible people and will take what they are told as gospel.

I'd credit Irish people as a whole with having a bit more savy.

Yes, we're also more modest and less likely to generalise about a nation of 300 million people.

**Marked Man** · 22/10/2007, 6:44 PM

Originally Posted by youngirish

The average American doesn't know what's going on outside his/her own town nevermind in their country as a whole or across the world. They are also for the most part extremely gullible people and will take what they are told as gospel.

.

And you got this idea from.....The Media.

Robbie, take a bow.

**Irish_Praha** · 22/10/2007, 8:41 PM

Just scored again for Spurs.
Yet again he hits another purple patch at the wrong time in a qualification campaign.
He has his well-documented faults when playing for Ireland but I really do think that the argument that he suffers from lack of service at international level has an element of truth to it.

**amaccann** · 23/10/2007, 8:00 AM

First time post, long time lurker, and have only skimmed through the thread, so apologies if this has been asked already, but does anyone else think that if Stan gets the sack, Robbie might either walk or get frozen out of future squads? The interview did seem like pinning ones colours to the mast & if he feels that strongly that Stan is getting shafted, then perhaps he'd considered walking from the squad.

**Dr. Ogba** · 23/10/2007, 8:18 AM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

Yes, we're also more modest and less likely to generalise about a nation of 300 million people.

Excellent stuff sir...

**Billsthoughts** · 23/10/2007, 8:23 AM

Originally Posted by amaccann

First time post, long time lurker, and have only skimmed through the thread, so apologies if this has been asked already, but does anyone else think that if Stan gets the sack, Robbie might either walk or get frozen out of future squads? The interview did seem like pinning ones colours to the mast & if he feels that strongly that Stan is getting shafted, then perhaps he'd considered walking from the squad.

kinda hard to tell as he seemed disgusted with the player who didnt want to play for Ireland....but yet everything else in the interview seemed to be pointing to him wanting to stop playin international football.

**geysir** · 23/10/2007, 8:58 AM

I don't know about that Bill, Robbie seemed peed sure but more peed about the effects of the negativity on the younger players. I didn't get any hint that he was "considering his position".

Anyway, a few wins appears to cure all ailments.

**youngirish** · 23/10/2007, 9:17 AM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

Yes, we're also more modest and less likely to generalise about a nation of 300 million people.

This is why I used the words average and for the most part. Do the PC brigade double check every posting on this forum?

Originally Posted by Marked Man

And you got this idea from.....The Media.

Robbie, take a bow.

Nah I lived there for a while so I made my own mind up.

**NeilMcD** · 23/10/2007, 1:44 PM

[QUOTE=youngirish;797950]This is why I used the words average and for the most part. Do the PC brigade double check every posting on this forum?

Ha ha, its now PC to correct wild generalisations. I must look up Political Correctness in the dictionary again.

**youngirish** · 23/10/2007, 1:58 PM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Ha ha, its now PC to correct wild generalisations. I must look up Political Correctness in the dictionary again.

Correcting my slightly derogatory remarks about Americans could indeed be described accurately as PC. I think you should go and read your dictionary it should state something like this (quoted from wikipedia):

Political correctness (PC or politically correct) is a term used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behaviour seen as seeking to minimize offence to groups of people.

Now go back to your media studies PHD.

**citizenerased** · 23/10/2007, 2:04 PM

ha ha.

**NeilMcD** · 23/10/2007, 2:07 PM

Originally Posted by youngirish

Correcting my slightly derogatory remarks about Americans could indeed be described accurately as PC. I think you should go and read your dictionary it should state something like this (quoted from wikipedia):

Political correctness (PC or politically correct) is a term used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behaviour seen as seeking to minimize offence to groups of people.

Now go back to your media studies PHD.

Never did a PHD just a masters.

Again I would argue that his remarks do not fall under the definition you use above.