LBC Chit Chat #13

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thewittowoo said:
I get the impression that O'Brien doesn't do anything in good faith.
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Of course not. But neither do the majority of people who choose a 'career' in the 'entertainment industry'. Awful self-absorbed yet deeply insecure wankers. Thankfully James has only a very tiny foothold in the public consciousness, athough not for the want of trying. Fact is, people just don't like him because he's not very likeable.
 
Global will often blow their trumpet about great listening figures, yet it's basically the same callers to certain presenters.
Welsh bloke, Jonathan from Harrow, Ranjit in Oldbury, already on air to Abbot tonight :rolleyes:
 
Bobby Chariot said:
Global will often blow their trumpet about great listening figures, yet it's basically the same callers to certain presenters.
Welsh bloke, Jonathan from Harrow, Ranjit in Oldbury, already on air to Abbot tonight :rolleyes:
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It does become a bit tedious when it is every show. Jonathon from Harrow doesn't appear every week but Ranjit? Give it a rest. Why do they let him on all the time. I swear he must never cook anything in his chippy because if he's not on LBC he's on every other radio station!!

As for Uncle Bryn ... he's as boring as Annie from Carnforth.
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
It does become a bit tedious when it is every show. Jonathon from Harrow doesn't appear every week but Ranjit? Give it a rest. Why do they let him on all the time. I swear he must never cook anything in his chippy because if he's not on LBC he's on every other radio station!!

As for Uncle Bryn ... he's as boring as Annie from Carnforth.
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Haven't heard softly spoken Sophie call for a while, Lenny in Ashford, Mike in E Yorks are still regulars too.
 
I think I'm going to vote Labour, not that I give a toss. But I want to bare witness to James wither on the vine. He'll be forced to do phone-in's on The Royal Family and traffic cones in Surrey. His whole fantasy of being an intellectual will come crumbling down.

We've mentioned it before. LBC is O'Brien's last stand. He dances to whichever mood music is playing. There is no way in my opinion a decent host couldn't get better listening figures than James. I don't listen anymore and I consider myself as a politically neutral progressive person, someone who is well-informed. I can't stand the bleep and if someone else was there, say Ali Mirage, I'd more likely listen.

To me James is a joke. A try-hard fake liberal. A try-hard liberal who isn't very good. James doesn't have an opinion on anything other than James. The need for recognition is desperate and his grubby sweat drips out of my DAB radio whenever I tune in. I feel dirty by association. The trouble is, you can't beat entitled narcissists. It's a losing game. you just have to wait it out untill someone worth listenting to becomes available ... someone who isn't a grade-A wanker. I won't hold my breath.

Legacy media corporations like Global are a sinking ship. No one listens. And as the ship sinks the content will become more and more tabloidish (is that a word)? James' brand will ware thin, quick. It will be interesting to see which sinking iceberg James will jump onto next to keep his brand alive.

Reading-out and pointing-out misspelt offensive messages to be put in 'idiots corner' just isn't going to cut it with regards to listening figures. It's a pathetic ruse. Making fun of the uneducated just gives the uneducated more resolve and it belies James' own conflict between his own self-hatred and his loathing of the lumpen-proletariat.
 
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I can see him trying to launch himself into psychotherapy territory..maybe alongside his wife who appears to be a children's MH campaigner? Her pet subject is something which the Maudsley Hosp has been treating and researching for over 20 years (my daughter was one of their first "candidates") but she seems to think she's unique in her findings.

The Caring Clinic hosted by The O'Briens...Channel 5 at 2245pm. James and Lucy (Jucy) tackle the chasms in MH care left by the Tories after 14 years of disastrous governance and suggest new therapies based on their own life experiences to embrace and include all those struggling and rejected by an uncaring society.
 
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