Eddie Maguire has a Cry

Mack 6 · 29-03-2006, 12:22 PM

One of the guys here at work heard a snippet about this on the radio this morning, so being more computer literate than him. I found it for him.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5E7582,00.html

I think Id expect a little more decorum from a so-called CEO of a major television network.
I am searching to find the actual 30 minute interview from Melbournes 3AW. If someoen beats me to it can you post up a link. Apparently the language is colourful.

Mack 6 · 29-03-2006, 12:30 PM

Here is the initial column by Ross Warneke who was attacked by Eddie.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinio...441081703.html

Ringo · 29-03-2006, 12:43 PM

Ed is just defending his business.

He lets people have a joke at his or his company expense but when someone make critical comments in print he takes them to task on it. That is what being a leader of an organisation is about...not taking a backward step and correcting misinformation being trasmitted by others.

I actually think Ross Warneke is a bit of a tool

I like Ed McGuire

(Ringo steps back and waits for the flames....)

Mack 6 · 29-03-2006, 12:49 PM

Yeah, but there are better ways to defend your business. Have constructive discussion or a press release. Slanging matches do nothing for someones credibility.
Apparently the two blokes have the odd "jovial argument" but this time it was all out. I have to admit I still haven't heard it so I don't know how bad it was.

Laminge · 29-03-2006, 01:04 PM

Don't tell me I missed the whole event, damn you that Ps2 is time waster....

anyone got the cheat codes to "Black"?

**Charliewool** · 29-03-2006, 01:59 PM

I heard the entire thing on 3AW & it sounded to me like the 3 of them (McGuire, Warneke, and Mitchell) are all great mates! Though Eddie DID defend Ch9 (and why wouldn't he?) and DID give Warneke a bit of lip, to which Ross also gave plenty back!
Lots of tongue in cheek banter which ended on a good note!
You really cannot help but like McGuire and his readiness to be open & transparent in his new role?... A lot more so than previous CEO's of 9

Sourbastard · 29-03-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ringo

I like Ed McGuire

Then you must be his mother, because she would be the only person to admit that publically.

The media industry is 100% staffed by phonies, imbeciles & cretins, walking face lifts with attached boob pods, the insane, drug users, drug dealers, megalomaniacs and the mentally defective, all struggling to fill my TV with the latest reality show about 10 Americans living on an island overrun by rabid squirrels and an upset moose, trying to lose weight before being voted off the island by 10 other americans struggling to face their personal tragedies involving canned food on some other bloody island where they are watched by cameras 24x7 and get voted out by other idiots using SMS, just so they can sell us the latest shiney objects fresh from the taiwanese crap factory that the kids just have to have or their equally stupid peers will mock them.

now.

have I missed anyone?

FirstFord · 29-03-2006, 03:28 PM

Yeah, but trust Eddie to say the sound issues with the closing ceremony were someone elses fault. And Eddie really should have been anchoring both the opening and closing ceremonies.

Doesn't matter, still had 3m tune in, cant be unhappy with that.

Sourbastard · 29-03-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by FirstFord

Yeah, but trust Eddie to say the sound issues with the closing ceremony were someone elses fault. And Eddie really should have been anchoring both the opening and closing ceremonies.

Doesn't matter, still had 3m tune in, cant be unhappy with that.

only thing eddie should be anchored to, is a sinking russian trawler in 60,000 feet of water.

K_Man · 29-03-2006, 03:40 PM

Televising the games was TWI's responsibility (the host broadcaster), not Channel 9. I didn't watch the closing ceremony personally (only saw a bit on the big screen at the pub), but if there was sound issues on the ground, that would of been TWI's fault. Ross Warneke should get his facts straight before blaming the wrong people. Good on Eddie for standing up for his troops.

ronwest · 29-03-2006, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

have I missed anyone?

aha!

Someone who appreciates the dumbing down that we so blindly demand.

It's been going downhill since Leave it to Beaver went off the air.

Sourbastard · 29-03-2006, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ronwest

aha!

Someone who appreciates the dumbing down that we so blindly demand.

It's been going downhill since Leave it to Beaver went off the air.

its been going downhill since Gutenberg invented the printing press.

gww64 · 29-03-2006, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

its been going downhill since Gutenberg invented the printing press.

and the scary thing is our kids and half the population look up to these retards and morons

Matty4 · 29-03-2006, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

Then you must be his mother, because she would be the only person to admit that publically.

The media industry is 100% staffed by phonies, imbeciles & cretins, walking face lifts with attached boob pods, the insane, drug users, drug dealers, megalomaniacs and the mentally defective, all struggling to fill my TV with the latest reality show about 10 Americans living on an island overrun by rabid squirrels and an upset moose, trying to lose weight before being voted off the island by 10 other americans struggling to face their personal tragedies involving canned food on some other bloody island where they are watched by cameras 24x7 and get voted out by other idiots using SMS, just so they can sell us the latest shiney objects fresh from the taiwanese crap factory that the kids just have to have or their equally stupid peers will mock them.

now.

have I missed anyone?

How about next time you say what you really mean and not beat around the bush like you appear to be doing with this response :jab:

j/k...................

Matty.

PS. for all the Eddie bashers out there!!!!!!!

A man on his way home from work, comes to a dead halt in traffic and thinks to himself, "This traffic seems worse than usual. Nothing is even moving."

He notices a police officer walking back and forth between the lines of cars, so he rolls down his window and asks, "Constable, what's the hold up?"

The constable replies, "It's Eddie McGuire. He's just so depressed about his personal life - the thought of moving with Carla & the kids to Sydney and the state of disruption amongst his beloved Magpies, Channel9 losing the football coverage, having to give up The Footy Show, Who wants to be a Millionaire, and his Triple M radio show, that he's stopped his motorcade in the middle of the freeway and he's threateningto douse himself in petrol and set himself on fire.

He says his family hates him and he doesn't have the money to pay forthe new house renovations at Point Piper and to bring his current house in Toorak up to scratch to put it on the market. So we're taking up a collection for him."

"Oh really? How much have you got so far?"

"About three hundred litres, but a lot of people are still siphoning

**Polyal** · 29-03-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Laminge

Don't tell me I missed the whole event, damn you that Ps2 is time waster....

anyone got the cheat codes to "Black"?

laminge ya softy..I finished it yesterday on normal...the last mission, last checkpoint is a bugger and a half!!

ill try it on the hardest later on, but it was tough enough on normal!

cool game though..

back on topic, ed is a gun really, bag him all you like but the boy form broady has done well.

who listens to AM radio anyway

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ronwest · 29-03-2006, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by sourbastard

its been going downhill since Gutenberg invented the printing press.

Oh, thats what happened to the Gutster?

I must admit that I lost track of him when he was voted off Big Brother...

Gimmers55 · 29-03-2006, 05:17 PM

Great joke.

Eddie's no different to any other Collywobble fan; it's in the blood :-)

ltd · 29-03-2006, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ronwest

aha!

Someone who appreciates the dumbing down that we so blindly demand.

It's been going downhill since Leave it to Beaver went off the air.

Agreed, and in this day and age of political correctness and affirmative action they will make a reality tv show spin off of leave it to beaver and make it about a homosexual boy growing up in suburbia called "Leave it, it's Beaver"

ronwest · 29-03-2006, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ltd

Agreed, and in this day and age of political correctness and affirmative action they will make a reality tv show spin off of leave it to beaver and make it about a homosexual boy growing up in suburbia called "Leave it, it's Beaver"

or even worse. *another* celebrity cooking show. I guess it could be called "Eat it, it's Beaver"

Bearman · 29-03-2006, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matty4

How about next time you say what you really mean and not beat around the bush like you appear to be doing with this response :jab:

j/k...................

Matty.

PS. for all the Eddie bashers out there!!!!!!!

A man on his way home from work, comes to a dead halt in traffic and

thinks to himself, "This traffic seems worse than usual. Nothing is

even moving."

He notices a police officer walking back and forth between the lines of

cars, so he rolls down his window and asks, "Constable, what's the hold

up?"

The constable replies, "It's Eddie McGuire. He's just so depressed

about his personal life - the thought of moving with Carla & the kids to

Sydney and the state of disruption amongst his beloved Magpies, Channel

9 losing the football coverage, having to give up The Footy Show, Who

wants to be a Millionaire, and his Triple M radio show, that he's

stopped his motorcade in the middle of the freeway and he's threatening

to douse himself in petrol and set himself on fire.

He says his family hates him and he doesn't have the money to pay for

the new house renovations at Point Piper and to bring his current house

in Toorak up to scratch to put it on the market. So we're taking up a

collection for him."

"Oh really? How much have you got so far?"

"About three hundred litres, but a lot of people are still siphoning

ROFL!!! That's gold!! Good one Matty.

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Originally Posted by Polyal

back on topic, ed is a gun really, bag him all you like but the boy form broady has done well.[/I]

Boy from Broady..... he sure as hell didn't go to school there. He went to some toffy inner city private school right from day 1. This "Broady boy made good" just dosn't cut it. He's nothing but a professional brown nose.

347_XR8 · 29-03-2006, 09:54 PM

Can't be bother reading......but O poor Eddie, i'm sure that huge amount of money he has would make him feel better tho

MO · 29-03-2006, 09:59 PM

Do I detect a hint of TALL POPPY SYNDROME here......he made it from cadet reporter all the way through to CEO......who else out there is on their way up????

Laminge · 29-03-2006, 10:06 PM

I was on the way up, but the community based order soon placed me back in my box!

**Falcon Coupe** · 29-03-2006, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by John McMaster

Do I detect a hint of TALL POPPY SYNDROME here......he made it from cadet reporter all the way through to CEO......who else out there is on their way up????

He's done well, but that doesn't mean we don't get sick of seeing him everywhere, i'm sure everyone that makes it to the top only gets there by being a very nice person... :lookedat:

FirstFord · 29-03-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearman

ROFL!!! That's gold!! Good one Matty.

Boy from Broady..... he sure as hell didn't go to school there. He went to some toffy inner city private school right from day 1. This "Broady boy made good" just dosn't cut it. He's nothing but a professional brown nose.

I think he went to St Dom's Primary (Camp Rd Broady) and CBC St Kilda. His parents still live in Broady.

MNM96 · 29-03-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ringo

Ed is just defending his business.

I like Ed McGuire

(Ringo steps back and waits for the flames....)

Does not suprise me that someone who has a pic of Ron Jeremy as his Avatar likes a BUTT PLUG!

Sourbastard · 29-03-2006, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by John McMaster

Do I detect a hint of TALL POPPY SYNDROME here......he made it from cadet reporter all the way through to CEO......who else out there is on their way up????

yep, in an industry run like a septic tank, the bigger and better turds are likely to float to the top.

jonk · 30-03-2006, 09:40 PM

Here's the full transcript on Crikey:

http://www.crikey.com.au/articles/20...0935-5151.html

ON_DUBS · 31-03-2006, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Laminge

Don't tell me I missed the whole event, damn you that Ps2 is time waster....

anyone got the cheat codes to "Black"?

errr... eddie mcguire is the ceo of channel 9 now?????
and u think your ps2 is the time waster

black doesnt have cheats far as i know they are only they whack "unlockable cheats" that require u to complete the game without cheating.