As part of its anti-ABC campaign The Australian analyses election coverage, which includes criticism of ABC Radio hosts: The same apparently partisan approach is obvious on many of the corporation’s capital city radio programs , which reflect the passions and prejudices of presenters. It may be significant that a surprising number came from the Fairfax press, or commenced their careers condemning capitalism on rock radio JJJ. Deborah Cameron’s morning program in Sydney combines a suspicion of business with advocacy of deep-green lifestyles. Madonna King in Brisbane is equally irrelevant for anybody who wants more news and less opinion. Certainly, ABC radio does an essential job in the bush and not all metropolitan announcers are as bad. South Australian Premier Mike Rann’s long-running boycott of ABC radio’s Adelaide morning show is a feather in the caps of hosts Matthew Abraham and David Bevan. There are times when John Faine on Melbourne local radio sounds like a 1960s socialist, but he is a serious journalist who asks tough questions. Yet even his station is ignored by most Melburnians.