Why Farmhand Has So Much Appeal

RADIO 2GB's Alan Jones told his listeners eight days ago: ``It is no wonder some journalists are regarded no more highly than the bottom of a bird cage." The Herald's David Marr rebroadcast the Jones clip two nights ago on ABC television's Media Watch in the process of airing one of the year's best pieces of political journalism. Any justice in journalism awards would recognise it as such. Instead, it will likely delight only ABC viewers while getting right up the noses of those spruiking the Farmhand