tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post363813139790144050..comments2024-03-27T18:54:46.951+00:00Comments on Syniadau :: The Blog: S4C ... just report the bad newsSyniadauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13876017048168055247noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-82923145186789986612011-07-01T18:03:11.563+01:002011-07-01T18:03:11.563+01:00... and another thing, almost uniquely in European...... and another thing, almost uniquely in European (if not world) television, S4C can't broadcast the excellent American sitcoms or dramas. Rather they could, but unlike Spanish, French, Basque, Estonian, German etc it would be ridiculous for S4C to dub or subtitle excellent American (or English) programmes and films. <br /><br />So, all S4C's content is home made which means that virtually all the money spent on S4C programming stays in Wales - unlike a good chunk of ITV, Channel 4 or even BBC.<br /><br />M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-19270498728353894582011-06-30T14:09:07.709+01:002011-06-30T14:09:07.709+01:00I remember coming across the same attitude in Rapa...I remember coming across the same attitude in Rapa Nui - Easter Island - when I stayed there a few years ago. I learnt a few words, a greeting, thank you and the like, and found the Islanders totally taken aback that I would consider lowering myself to speaking their gutter language rather than the obviously superior Spanish. Non-speakers of Rapa Nui looked insulted, speakers took me aside and explained that there was no need to embarass myself... Post colonial attitudes are not so obvious here in Wales, but they are definitely there.<br /><br />Cneifiwr - I share your frustration. I see tweets labelled #S4Cfail, destructive negative comment (can't something be "poor" rather than "gwarth" or "sarhad" - shameful, digusting, degrading etc), usually with no hint of what could be done to improve things... Rarely do I see someone with a positive "they've tried something new that didn;t work - I'd like to see..." kind of attitude.<br /><br />BTW, I didn't realise it was quite that bad in the reports - I was annoyed enough that no context was given: there are plenty of reports about English language channels losing peak viewers too, and if viewership is falling across the board, S4C are likely to suffer the same. But to ignore all the good news for the one or two shreads of bad is terrible (and shameful, disgusting and degrading...)Iestynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-16499418353158495402011-06-30T10:45:52.640+01:002011-06-30T10:45:52.640+01:00Compared with public broadcasting in other small c...Compared with public broadcasting in other small countries (with much bigger populations) in Europe, I can tell you for a fact that S4C is miles better. The channel faces enormous difficulties, having to cram into one channel programming that is spread across a dozen English language channels in the UK, as well as having to somehow cater for both the Gogs and the Hwntws.<br /><br />There are always things they could do better, but it makes my blood boil when I hear people dismissing everything on the channel as "rwtsh".<br />I'd like to force them to watch just one evening's output on, say, Swiss German or Swedish TV. News, news, recycled BBC stuff such as "Who do you think you are?", cheap magazine programmes which make Wedi 7 look brilliant, and then more news.<br /><br />We can't just blame negative media reporting - too many of the channel's core audience play into the hands of those who would like to kill it off with their kneejerk moaning.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-73468244762364135942011-06-30T09:27:13.399+01:002011-06-30T09:27:13.399+01:00Even worse, this is what BBC Wales decided to repo...Even worse, this is what BBC Wales decided to report on S4C's own Welsh language News Programme last night!! Talk about impartiality and journalistic integrity, and bare faced cheek. Is this an indication of how S4C would fare and be reported under the funding arm of BBC Wales too - this shows their true colours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985080357558043054.post-80541971365661449522011-06-29T21:32:09.556+01:002011-06-29T21:32:09.556+01:00You ask "are we a nation of masochists" ...You ask "are we a nation of masochists" quite light heartedly, but there has to be an explanation for the tendency in the media in Wales to submerge good news about Wales or Welsh efforts beneath a bad headline. It might be traceable to colonial conditioning. There must be examples of other pre-independence countries where there is a dominant mentality which suggests that anything indigenously or locally driven must be doomed to fail or at least doomed to be second-rate. National liberation causes throughout the world would be familiar with that. You see it all the time with economy, health stats etc. Usually in bunk comparisons to England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com