Terry Prone: Ryan Tubridy needed to own his faux pas, but he totally missed the point
Ryan Tubridy ‘shirting up’ to get his picture taken demonstrates a complete failure to understand media behaviour. Picture: Gareth Chaney
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Ryan Tubridy ‘shirting up’ to get his picture taken demonstrates a complete failure to understand media behaviour. Picture: Gareth Chaney
If you go on the Six One news, being liked by David McCullough shouldn’t be your objective. No, let’s put that more firmly. It cannot and must not be your objective. The person to reach, inform, and influence is the viewer. Any deflection from that wastes taxpayer money and viewer time.
Someone needs to tell this to Adrian Lynch, the new deputy director general of RTÉ.
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