Just a quickie
I do still have things to say about RTÉ.ie and alcohol advertising. I just don’t know where to start! I was happy to get a response but I’m left feeling quite deflated and annoyed by it. Will have a go soon.
Meanwhile, we’re trying to get the house as watertight as possible for the winter. The days are really starting to shorten now. The chickens are doing well. Of this year’s chicks, it’s clear now that Bruno is definitely a boy and that Janet probably is also. Hopefully Latoya and Tito are girls. It’s early days for Tito still.
We have huge changes to the site coming soon. List item numbering will be ‘rolled out’ (as Al would say) across the site soon. Numbering will mean that items can be inserted into a particular place in a list. You’ll also be able to make list items (or just selected text), bold or italic or ‘tada’…. a link!
The picture above was taken on one of our last summery days (Note: Trudi’s head).
Lovely pic, Jane.
My problem with RTE is that, despite being a public broadcaster, they are allowed to advertise to children.
Grown-ups may be fair game for the admen–after all, we are old enough to grasp what they are up to–but children, at the hands of a semi-state company, are not.
To be honest, part of me is not comfortable with RTÉ being allowed to carry advertising at all, when I don’t believe they provide the public service they should. I can see though that with a relatively small population paying a licence fee, ad revenue is important.
I don’t really consider myself to be fair game for advertisers but maybe I should. As you say, children are definitely not.