S11 E23 - Question Time
7/8/202610 min
Hutchy and Damo answer your questions. This week they talk about Hutchy's comments on Karl Stefanovic last week, the FIFA World Cup TV rights in Australia, a potential 20th AFL team, James Hird's commentary on Essendon, and more.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Damian Barrett· Host0:12
Question time on the Sounding Board for DrinkWise. You won't miss a moment if you DrinkWise. Chris on email is first today. "I love the Sounding Board," but here we go. "I think you went a bit soft on Hutchy when Hutchy took a very defensive, politically correct stance on Karl Stefanovic being canceled by mainstream media. Hutchy took the left-wing PC view and he protesteth too much. In my opinion, he made his view very clear to the PC brigade." There you go.
Craig Hutchison· Host0:37
Well, clearly I disagree with you, Chris. The point I was trying to make was why did he need to sabotage... He could've had his cake and ate it too if he'd been just a bit more patient for six months and found a, a spot that worked much better for him. I thought it was an unnecessary- Hmm ... unnecessary sabotage.
Damian Barrett· Host0:54
I can't recall you being too out extreme in your views on what you said there.
Craig Hutchison· Host0:59
Yeah.
Damian Barrett· Host0:59
But Chris had a crack at me too.
Craig Hutchison· Host1:00
Right.
Damian Barrett· Host1:00
But that's okay.
Craig Hutchison· Host1:00
Yep.
Damian Barrett· Host1:00
'Cause we read these questions without what, knowing what's coming underneath them, which is dangerous, but it's what we do for this product. Mitch on email, "Question for Hutchy." It starts, "Wondering if you ever feel the need to talk to your on-air talent about the things they talk about. I've noticed Kane seems to have a hatred for umpires [laughs] and spends a lot of time trashing them- My obsession ... on TV and radio. Does it ever get to the point where you need to pull him up on it, or is it just a case of it's his opinion and he's entitled to it?"
Craig Hutchison· Host1:26
Look, I try and have a fairly