’I have never, ever been censored in The Australian’: Phillip Adams on his years as a columnist
As you may have noticed, The Australian is celebrating its 60th birthday and, given the way my journalistic life is intertwined with the now venerable masthead, it seems timely to recall how Rupert Murdoch and I became, and currently remain, unlikely bedfellows.
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To cut a long story, apart from a stint with Fairfax I’ve been here ever since. And as you may have noticed, I’ve rarely agreed with the paper’s evolving editorial policy. Yet I remain free to write whatever I like. Let the record show I’ve never, ever been censored in The Australian, or in this magazine. (Surprisingly, the only masthead of the baker’s dozen I’ve written for that did censor my copy was The Sydney Morning Herald.)
The question – perhaps you could call it a mystery – remains: Why do they keep me on? Out of pity? Out of solidarity with another golden oldie? Or perhaps it’s just that they haven’t noticed I’m still here. Rear gunner Phillip Adams, in The Weekend Australian Magazine.
So happy birthday. And shhhh.
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