tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22388467.post115042703064056068..comments2024-03-21T04:28:58.336-05:00Comments on Empire State View: LIke Rain on Your Wedding Day, This May Not be Ironic...hesitant hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02210377364150123884noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22388467.post-1150576254757105622006-06-17T15:30:00.000-05:002006-06-17T15:30:00.000-05:00Of course he is not just talking about this week, ...Of course he is not just talking about this week, but that just adds to the irony surely! The papers have been making hay (pardon the colloquialism) out of the Haughey myth for years! And over the years the media has changed its tune as it sees fit - running the gamut from Haughey the 'hoor' to Haughey the flawed genius. Its precisely within this context of double standards that Mr. Aston's remarks take on their edge.the convex mirrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295136413265120100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22388467.post-1150572753509932662006-06-17T14:32:00.000-05:002006-06-17T14:32:00.000-05:00he's not just talking about this week, though. If ...he's not just talking about this week, though. If you read the letter, you'll see that he's talking about the coverage Haughey has occasioned over the years. <BR/><BR/>I'm still not convinced. If anybody knows Joe Aston, send him this way.hesitant hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02210377364150123884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22388467.post-1150565745905411002006-06-17T12:35:00.000-05:002006-06-17T12:35:00.000-05:00He is definitely taking the mick. "One of those da...He is definitely taking the mick. "One of those days where one just has to buy the I.T."! ...A "field day"!!.. The whole thing is dripping with sarcasm. And he is right, to the extent that it is too much of a cash cow for media outlets to consider responding in any manner resembling restraint. This is not to knock the Irish Times per se. All the media outlets are up to the same, and the Irish Times are certainly more balanced than the Indo or the tabloids. Still, he has a point...the convex mirrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295136413265120100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22388467.post-1150443678224712312006-06-16T02:41:00.000-05:002006-06-16T02:41:00.000-05:00I think I'm with A on this one...you never can tel...I think I'm with A on this one...you never can tell but even the world cup has been edged out...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com