Interview – Not the RTE News – 23rd April 21

This week we get to chat to the man behind one of our favourite Irish parody accounts on Twitter; Not the RTE News (@NotTheRTENews)! We talk about what it takes to run a popular satire account online, being an Irish comedian on Twitter, what happens when people believe your satire account is real, and how the RTE & others have responded to the account and more!!!
Not the RTE News KoFi account: https://ko-fi.com/notthertenews
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Show Notes – Some of @notthertenews best Tweets!!
Leo the Leek Versus Mary Lou!
Tánaiste asks Mary Lou McDonald how she managed to plant the bomb on Lord Mountbatten's boat despite only being 10 years old at the time pic.twitter.com/pzga75gel7
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) April 23, 2021
The Fungi Thread!
"I am Fungie the White. And I come back to you now…at the turn of the tide" https://t.co/ZkE7dGAAJ4 pic.twitter.com/YEM6N5pUCg
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) April 11, 2021
The New Panel!
I've said it once and I'll say it again
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) April 16, 2021
Bring back The Panel with @daraobriain (as host)@BigDirtyFry @SeanBurkeShow @killersundymann @JustineStafford @tonyhorror https://t.co/ZJPoCHEMB0
The Prince Philip Video that went viral in Brazil!
I made this drunk the other night and saved it in a folder called "save for when prince philip dies".
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) March 29, 2021
I need to leave the house. pic.twitter.com/hvmueFkQfn
The video I made about Prince Philip is being shared around Brazilian Twitter.
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) April 9, 2021
This is precisely why I started Not the RTÉ News. pic.twitter.com/qZCs7ZLk9u
Blocked by Apple Green
Some (very sad) personal news. I've just lost my job as Social Media Manager for Applegreen.
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) April 3, 2021
They've also blocked me on Twitter to add insult to injury. pic.twitter.com/75z2vBGcWP
Rip Michael Collins
RIP Michael Collins. You would've loved Fortnite xx
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) March 23, 2021
That Adam Levine story!
I really enjoyed Maroon 5 before they sold out. The first two albums are great. One thing I'll never forget was seeing them live in 2011 in Dublin and watching Adam Levine kick a tricolour off the stage (broke my heart) then they projected a giant union jack saying "Dublin". https://t.co/Ls5QQZFnWh
— Not the RTÉ News (@notthertenews) March 4, 2021
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