I must say that I'm somewhat relieved to get this out in the open.
It's not that I've come to hate Brendan O'Connor, a presenter on the popular weekend 11 am to 1 pm slot on Ireland's national radio, RTÉ One. No. Hate is overstating it. It's just that from the covid-19 pandemic onwards, he has steadily become something of a holier-than-thou host, talking down to his sinful listeners who he seems to think are in dire need of redemption.
This is at its worst in the Sunday newspaper review-panel segment from 11 am to midday.
I go into more detail in my latest letter published in the Irish Examiner, available at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41788121.html. It's also posted as an image below.
Now, you might be asking yourself why I continue to listen to him if he bothers me so much. Well, it's a case of keeping an ear to my enemies, so to put it. One has to at least try to understand their thinking in order to overcome them.
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