ABC broadcaster Jon Faine is renowned for criticising his own bosses, but on the eve of his retirement, the veteran radio presenter has revealed he hasn’t always gotten away with it.
“I’ve been hauled over the coals quite a few times. I’ve been sat down and told, what do you think you’re doing? And I always argue, well, I’m doing what you employed me to do. Which is to say what I think on the audience’s behalf and to give them an authentic experience. We should not be so glass-jawed and thin-skinned that we can’t ask ourselves the same questions we ask of everybody else.”