Art, media, opinion and ideas
Simon recently queried the use of broadcasts of Oireachtas proceedings for satirical use. There doesn’t seem to be any legal provision banning such a use, but the Dáil and Seanad’s own Standing Orders do explicitly give would-be satirists the hands-off.
As I wrote about earlier, there are conditions placed on the broadcasting of proceedings of the Oireachtas by Standing Order, including that extracts shall not be used for political satire. The relevant Standing Order is SO 110. I quote it below.
One of the strongest forms of political satire is the reuse of footage taken from news stories or other serious sources. The Daily Show in the US, for example, thrives on this kind of comedy- cutting together or redubbing clips of speeches to make their points. It is quite difficult to do something similar in Ireland, as we don’t have the great array of source footage available.
Tuppenceworth's Paper Round has turned out to have something of an unexpectedly enduring appeal. So much so that the conspirators have met a few times to discuss whether to revisit the project. As part of one of those explorations, I'd like to make a call for submissions from readers.
For those interested, Rósín English has been touring the country, asking people at constituency level about what are the issues that are important to them locally. She also talks to local journalists and candidates to try to get a flavour of how the seats will fall. You can find a record of these shows on the (much improved) RTE website.
We've all had those moments when we arrive at the front door and look at our companion for the keys, only to find them looking back at us. It is this, I am sure, that metaphorically represents the reason the tuppenceworth. ie blog failed to shatter the hopes and dreams of all other nominated blogs in the Irish Blog Awards last year.
Yesterday, as I browsed the vastnesses of the new Chapters Bookshop on Parnell St, my eye was caught by a handsome hardback edition of The Audubon Reader, a selection of the work of the great American artist and ornithologist John James Audubon.
I've been asked this Saturday to come on to Taste, Newstalk's 'what's on this weekend' programme to talk about the early editions of the Sunday Papers. We'll only have the front pages, and it might all be legitimate high quality journalism but if you'd like to hear some Paper Round style reader's opinions tune in at 8. 45pm, Saturday evening.
Though suffering the final indignity of having his death reported while he still lived, David Ervine has now, officially, passed away. A rare adult in a political world populated by kids, it was good to hear his sane voice, even if it often seemed as if no-one was listening. Strange to say, he will be greatly mourned down south.
When you're too slothful to flesh your thoughts out, why not just print the headlines? Irish Times prints photo of Saddam's Corpse- On Weekend Review front pageThey either are running with it or they're not. If they want to run it, its the main image of the week and should be on the Front Page. If they don't think that's suitable, they shouldn't run it at all.
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