Carlton Supporters Club

What a difference a few months make. When Marty Sheargold made comments about the Matildas and women's soccer, Mr Woke himself Bob Murphy tore him a new one. Today we wake to the news about Murphy apologising to co host Sharnelle Vella after making what I would consider a misogynistic comment on air yesterday suggesting she had worked at a popular Melbourne strip club (which was false and inappropriate).
So Mr Murphy, are you going to live and die by the sword and stand down from the radio show?
I somehow doubt it.

And then there's Sheargold's disgraceful claim, made the day after his Matildas comment, that endometriosis is a "made up" condition.

You can quibble about whether Murphy should stay or go, but understanding nuance is crucial. Murphy is a good guy who made a one off stupid comment (whom among us hasn't), and Sheargold went on a rant lasting at least two days, making ill informed comments on the Matildas one day, then the next day commenting that women whinge and whine about endometriosis, which he claimed is made up. I can steal a loaf of bread to eat, and someone can steal a pensioner's life savings, and we're both thieves, but not in any way the same.

Did you ever listen to sheargold or are you looking at the incidents in isolation?

As you say, nuance is crucial.

He, unlike Bob Murphy, is in the comedy business. Cutting edge comedy usually offends someone. People are easily offended.
Actions speak louder than words and Sheargold on-air persona is a bit different.

I listened to Marty Sheargold for about a year. Says things that are controversial, but does it with a smile. Even the female on-air talent that are the barbs of his jokes follow him from network to network, so it can't be all that bad.

I don't have any skin in the game one way or another, but painting Bob Murphy as a 'good guy' and Sheargold as 'not' is subjective and limited to their on-air personas. Its very dangerous.

How many 'good guys' end up being serial killers. You don't know people. You only know what they show you.

At the end of the day, what you say might be right......but it might be wrong.

Not much wrong with Murphy and Vella, but the ABC has completely the wrong demographic for that pair, the Granographic is surprisingly and quite possible the harshest general purpose demographic for the woke sector.

Most of the listeners are rusted on WWW surplus children or boomers, and they have zero sympathy for kids who complain about not being able to find a rental on their 4k Full HD iPhone while munching a smashed avo and sipping a caramel cinnamon oat milk raw sugar iced latte with a vegan whipped cream dollop!

Red Symons successfully hosted that show for 14 years and I think it had the Boomers appeal and most of those listeners would have been the rusted on variety and he has been a tough act to follow given the opposition especially from 3AW has dominated that timeslot.

Yeah comedians.  Just make white privileged men the butt of your jokes and you won't get cancelled.

You can say what you want about them.