tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post3376230284177990455..comments2024-03-27T07:47:05.473+00:00Comments on O.R. Melling: RTE Beggars the ImaginationOR Mellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159279032426280584noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-55005349887161900522009-06-26T06:42:58.763+01:002009-06-26T06:42:58.763+01:00Yes, its a little like the old boys club, nepotism...Yes, its a little like the old boys club, nepotism rules supreme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-41473304381428040252009-06-25T10:54:59.910+01:002009-06-25T10:54:59.910+01:00Thanks for posting. RTE likes to pretend that you ...Thanks for posting. RTE likes to pretend that you are the one disgruntled artist, when they treat most if not all artists like dirt. Tried to find the pay rate for submissions to Sunday Miscellany but couldn't get anyone to answer telephone calls or emails. Didn't Neil Jordan call RTE "the graveyard of Irish talent"? I'm a great believer in public broadcasting - the CBC and BBC are fantastic. But RTE, both television and radio, are long overdue an overhaul. Get rid of all those useless suits at the top for starters. (Now let me tell you how I really feel about it.)OR Mellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159279032426280584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-34559857916263974432009-06-24T13:01:40.693+01:002009-06-24T13:01:40.693+01:00I agree with you. I have also contributed to many ...I agree with you. I have also contributed to many QQ's etc., and had been well received in the past. Now my scripts are not even considered or acknowledged! I was one of the contributors in the previous anthology and despite several more contributions have not been asked this time. Maybe I am blacklisted. As regards payment, somebody makes money out of the publication right? But not you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-33270356706792282732009-06-17T10:24:15.463+01:002009-06-17T10:24:15.463+01:00I was asked to provide something for nothing. And ...I was asked to provide something for nothing. And The Quiet Quarter now pays 100 euro less to writers than it did six years ago. These are not accusations. They are facts.OR Mellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159279032426280584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21115284.post-82855584192644301522009-06-16T14:59:31.048+01:002009-06-16T14:59:31.048+01:00I'm sorry you have decided to have a go at RTÉ...I'm sorry you have decided to have a go at RTÉ lyric fm in this way. Perhaps you should read your contract before making such accusations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com