28-06-2023, 12:59 PM
(28-06-2023, 12:32 PM)Gary Baldy Wrote: I’m wondering if anyone moaning about Farage winning the award has actually watched his show? I can’t stand the man politically but I’ve caught his show a couple of times and surprisingly really enjoyed it. I feel like a lot of the backlash amongst the winners of the TRIC awards is that people don’t like the individuals or the stations, even though half the people complaining about the winners haven’t watched the shows the winners are on.
I also have little time for most of the man's politics, however you can't take away from him that he's an excellent broadcaster and in another universe he'd have been a very good journalist. GB News are very lucky indeed to have him as his personal following probably brings in more than half the viewers. He's the one person they need to keep onboard. But there's the problem with this award. He has a fan base of hundreds of thousands which a fair few would vote him on any occasion for any award. Most Public votes in this day and age are dodgy at best as they can all be manipulated.
An award like this is basically pointless in the social media age. 30 years ago it might have been different. And this probably goes for all public votes. Look at the ridiculous results for the BBC World Service World favourite song which was won by A Nation Once Again, an Irish Rebel Tune.
(28-06-2023, 12:54 PM)Globaltraffic24 Wrote: I’m not aware of any left or right leaning bias at the TRIC awards. It’s a long established industry body. However, making the list (decided by TRIC itself rather than the public) is a bit, erm, let’s just say questionable.Your remarks about Radio awards are very true indeed. There are a load of awards around the world that if you pay you'll get an award. In many cases they're money making rackets for the organisers. Certain international festivals seem to give An Award for everyone that buys a table.
GBNews were sponsors of the awards this year, alongside TalkTV and Sky (and various non broadcast sponsors). Or I should say they were ‘partners’.
According to TRIC, a partnership bags you good seats at events and ‘networking opportunities.’ Definitely doesn’t guarantee that you dominate some of the shortlists and guarantees you at least one gong on the night. Ahem.
Sadly it’s fairly common across all sectors. In radio, the Sony awards used to be dubbed the ‘pay to play’ awards. Effectively you bought a prize - or at least the right to even be considered for a prize. Not all awards are the same, but many back slapping industry things are. It’s simply a money spinner for the organisers in exchange for the ‘recipients’ feeling good about themselves.
In fact, it’s the kind of thing GBNews would have spent hours deriding if they didn’t win. “Look at all those woke media elites sipping champers and telling each other how good they are. tHeY ArE So OuT Of ToUcH.” Etc etc.
Don’t worry, they’ll go back to culture wars and celebrating their 0.75 percent audience share tomorrow