dilligaf Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, Kopek said: Rob C asked to correct his recording, I'm sure MR would be compliant to ANY ONE else requesting the same. ( especially their Boss !) explain ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 minute ago, MrPB said: Why would you be sure of that? They seem to tear into Howard Quayle at every opportunity and he's CM. Does he get invited up to correct his gaffs? I am genuinely interested to know the answer to that. Examples please ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Well, it seems Tynwald members can give a nod and a wink to get their gaffs removed from Hansard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 The Government is paying Manx Radio to broadcast the TT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 So it would seem. Bernie Ecclestone is a bit under employed at the moment. Perhaps he could advise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxdaleliberationfront Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 34 minutes ago, Declan said: The Government is paying Manx Radio to broadcast the TT? Yes, it's an essential part of Manx Radio - them being the Island's 5th emergency service and all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 6 hours ago, dilligaf said: I still think many posters are deliberately bullying Rob, Just because they can. He doesn't always help himself... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Callister Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Kopek said: Rob C asked to correct his recording, I'm sure MR would be compliant to ANY ONE else requesting the same. ( especially their Boss !) It wasn’t a gaffe - I was given the information at a previous meeting so I used it. Someone at Manx Radio listened to the interview and felt it wasn’t correct, so they gave me an opportunity to correct it. I will be checking how Manx Radio actually funded the TT and FOM commentary since 1964 next week. Edited March 17, 2019 by Rob Callister 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 It is categorically a gaffe by definition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I wonder if Manx Radio are as keen to fact check all instances of MHKs misspeaking. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holte End Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Manx Radio seems to have added a new element to Journalisum. " It doesn't matter what you say you can always come back and correct it " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 48 minutes ago, MrPB said: That was my real point from last night before that angry Dilligaf character started kicking off. Is thina courtesy extended to all MHKs? I’d suggest it likely isn’t. I think you're not really identifying the core of this though. What was important here is not who was being invited to 'correct' what they said, it's what it was about - the finances of Manx Radio. You suspect that if Rob had been inaccurate about any other topic, nothing would have been said, but anyone else, politician or not, who said the same thing would have been jumped on. What we actually have here is a broadcaster getting an MHK to change what they said because it revealed something (true or not) about their finances. In most countries politicians try to censor the media, not the other way around. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 1 hour ago, MrPB said: That was my real point from last night before that angry Dilligaf character started kicking off. Is thina courtesy extended to all MHKs? I’d suggest it likely isn’t. I doubt Rob would have been allowed to correct himself on any other subject. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Declan said: I doubt Rob would have been allowed to correct himself on any other subject. Would he know how to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 18 hours ago, Rob Callister said: I was led to believe that the costs relating to the TT & FOM commentary formed part of the Governments subvention before Radio TT was set up several years ago, but no one at Manx Radio or in DfE can confirm this, so I corrected my statement. 4 hours ago, Rob Callister said: It wasn’t a gaffe - I was given the information at a previous meeting so I used it. Someone at Manx Radio listened to the interview and felt it wasn’t correct, so they gave me an opportunity to correct it. I will be checking how Manx Radio actually funded the TT and FOM commentary since 1964 next week. Thanks for that information Rob. Manx Radio's accounts are unhelpful even by standards of the IOMG and a (nominally) 'arms-length' publicly-owned organisation ought to be more transparent, not less. So it's not surprising, though still shocking, that something as important and recent as the way that TT/FOM coverage was supported before 2012 (Radio TT 365 - which I assume you mean - ran from TT 2012 to March 2013) should be a matter of dispute rather than public record. Though it is a matter of some amusement that two of the most management-heavy organisations in the Island (if not the universe) seem unable to provide reliable management information. For what it's worth, the ultra-minimal P&L from the Manx Radio Accounts for 2012-13 show a drop of £77,000 in the subvention, but whether there is extra government money hidden in 'Turnover - continuing operations' is not really possible to discern. The attached Report also contains some references to what was clearly a big spat between Manx Radio and the (then) DED over the period and there was of course (yet another) Tynwald enquiry into Public Service Broadcasting which commissioned the informative Myers Report all of which (yet again) resulted in nothing changing. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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