< Jones broadcasts don't reach here, but Laws does, and I don't see him as an authority on anything.
He, and I imagine Jones is the same, spruiks whatever view attracts the numbers, and a bit of contraversy every now and then helps. >
Alan Jones is feature here in TV "stuff ups" ...
Chopper, KAK and the Parrot
I remember a few years back after Chopper Read's infamous appearance on the short-lived Elle McFeast Show ("So we kept stuffing this guy into the cement mixer, and he kept climbing out!") Kerry-Anne's Midday got Alan Jones on to bag Sir Chop Chop for being such a bad influence.
The fun started when Chopper actually rang up, and with the camera suddenly pointing to a clearly bemused floor manager holding a sign saying "Chopper's on the phone" he came on air. After a couple of minutes of verbal jousting where he pretty much made Jones sound like a d ickhead Chopper got tired of the conversation and yelled out "At least I didn't get arrested in a toilet in London!"
Jonesy went white, Kerry-Anne cracked it and cut the call off and the Midday Show's flirtation with hard hitting journalism died.
