Ben Fordham has slammed prominent Melbourne media identity Jon Faine’s article over Sydney’s COVID outbreak.

The former ABC Radio star’s opinion piece in The Age writes: “I sincerely hope no one gets sick and no one dies, but gee their two-week lockdown … will prick their self-righteous balloon.”

“Imagine being so bitter and twisted that you publically admit that you get a kick out of seeing Sydney in trouble,” Ben Fordham said.

“He talks about himself as ‘Good John’ and ‘Bad John’.

“‘Good John’ is a dope, ‘Bad John’ sounds deranged – both of them can get stuffed.”

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