In a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald, which published excerpts from Chris Masters’ book about Alan Jones, 2GB Program Director John Brennan has defended Jones and says he was not contacted to give any comments for the book.

He writes:

I have never known a media personality who has been a victim of revilement by so many hostile academics, wanker radio hosts, the intelligentsia, some journalists and pundits … as Alan Jones. They can’t understand his appeal to ordinary people, who have powered him to blitz the Sydney breakfast radio ratings since the late 1980s with more than 120 No.1 survey wins. He reads the pulse of the nation like no one else and that inflames an envy, the like of which I’ve not witnessed.

Now we have the book Jonestown by Chris Masters.

I have been a friend of Alan Jones for 23 years and I have worked closely with him every day since he entered the radio industry in 1985. I was not contacted by Masters, nor were hundreds of other people and friends in the same boat. I wonder why?

I also wonder why such jealousy is directed at this man. I believe it is because there is no one who fills the role of “explainer” or “question asker” like him. He discusses and explains complex issues in a manner which can be understood by the ordinary person. He seeks the truth and fights the real issues for these people and is unafraid and able to take up the fight on behalf of the “battler”. Time and again, he has been the one driving the public’s demand for common sense and common decency in how a government treats its citizens. He helps to ensure lawmakers are more accountable to the people they serve. That is why he enjoys such success, power and influence.

There are remorseless attacks on this man by his critics. He reminds me of another man some 2000 years ago who had the worst interpretations put upon His kindest actions, yet He went on; who had His words warped, twisted, falsely reported, minimised, yet He went on; was slighted, even laughed to scorn when He gave of His very best, yet He went on.

And so will Alan Jones go on, despite all those who malign him. He is driven by his quest to serve the common man and he will not let us down, no matter how many stones are thrown at him. They cannot weaken his spirit nor his destiny.