While touring around the Right Wing Death Beast (RWDB) blogs using the excellent list provided by Troppo Armadillo, I'm constantly surprised by the vitriol metered out to ABC Radio National presenter Phillip Adams. You'd be forgiven thinking he's the devil incarnate. This is a bit rich coming from Professor Bunyip and company, whom I find much scarier.
Radio National drew a bit of blank at first, but a bit of research pointed me to 2FC. In my formative years, before FM started, 2FC was was right down the unfashionable end of the AM dial and consisted classical music and the Hospital Hour. To admit you'd been there would have been social death. It was a bit of an effort to get the dial to turn that far to the left, but we got there eventually.
For all the attention he gets, you'd think Phillip had an audience rivaling John Laws or Alan Jones. For heavens sake, guys, he's on Radio National, with an audience of three men and a dog! Maybe four men and dog as I've been listening a bit to him lately.
I'm sure Phillip will be pleased that his detractors have increased his audience by 25%.
Contrary to the views of the RWDBs, I found Phillip topical, informative and interesting. John and Alan could learn something from him. And with no adds. Bliss.
Couldn't agree more and anyway, who cares what Right Wing Dick Brains think?
Niall,
I do, actually. Although I mightn't agree with them, they have every right to express their opinion.