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This is about inconsistencies in management applying disciplinary action on presenters who call Members of Parliament liars and inconsistency in management in dismissing presenters for interviewing other presenters from rival stations.
By saying what happened on the Alan Jones program and the late Arch Tambakis does not imply that I agree with what was said. It is to comment on the inconsistency when a presenter makes an 'outrageous' remark to a member of parliament.
In 1989, I was listening to the Arch Tambakis interviewing the then Opposition Leader Mr John Howard, MP. Arch Tambakis responding to Mr Howard's policy said that he was a 'liar'. Within one week of the statement Arch was off air. Whether that was the reason for his dismissal is a moot point.
In contrast in 2013, Alan Jones called the then Prime Minister Julia Gillard "Juliar". I have never heard of any ensuing disciplinary action imposed on Alan Jones.
Yes I do listen to the Alan Jones program on 2GB, but I dislike an inconsistent management's technique. The list is not exhaustive. Another example is the 2GB's the late Sean Flannery dismissed for interviewing 2UE's Alan Jones.
Other radio stations' presenters have interviewed a personality from an arms-length-non-related radio station without consequences for the presenter who conducted the interview.
Anthony, from Belfield, my kind of town.