Blair proves Adams right
Tim Blair, rising to Phillip Adams’ bait, takes a pot-shot:
Adams writes: “I’ve always appeared bare headed, never worn a cap or, for that matter, any other form of headgear.” Really? Here’s Phillip in an old byline shot. The hat-wearing freak.
Gotcha!
Or not.
Tim has taken the Great Name-Dropper out of context. What he actually said was this:
In decades of appearing on talk shows hosted by the likes of Michael Parkinson, Clive James, Ray Martin, Andrew Denton, David Frost — and even William F. Buckley Jr — I’ve always appeared bare headed, never worn a cap or, for that matter, any other form of headgear.
Later, he wrote:
I’ve occasionally donned an Akubra. But only to protect my bald pate from inclement weather and never for appearances on talk shows.
(But that’s past the point where Adams mentions Blair, so we can hardly expect the blogger to have noticed.)
The picture shows Adams wearing an Akubra. So, credit where it’s due: in the absence of any evidence that the photo was taken during a talk show, Tim has succeeded in proving Adams right.
And that’s a hell of an accomplishment.
Heh heh — I left a comment to this effect on Tim Blair’s blog this morning, but now I see that you mentioned this last night.
‘Disingenuous’ is Blair’s middle name, I hear
Touchepeau!
When, I keep asking, are we going to get a left-wing Alan Jones? (Aaaaaark!)
Adams already provides us with one, Helen. The irony is that the hardcore unthinking right are incapable of seeing how outrageous Jones is, while their counterparts on the left have a similar problem comprehending it wit Adams.
No, Rob, I ‘m not satisfied! When the whingers ask for a Right Wing Phillip Adams, they mean on the ABC itself. So we need a left wing Alan Jones on whatever that Sydney commercial station is that he squawks on.
Actually, it appears that the out-of-context misquote was another of Tim Blair’s “just joking” routines:
http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/007011.php#075319
Didn’t you guys get the memo re the collapse of communism? Re Tim Blair, Adams and hats. Enjoy the moment. You caught Tim Blair over hats.
Dave
Hong Kong
In case you hadn’t noticed, I said it was “quite an accomplishment” to prove Adams right.
Fuck off.