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Murphy is a frequent presence on the various branches of the CBC. He has regular commentary segments entitled "Point of View" on The National, the CBC's flagship nightly news program. He is the regular host of CBC Radio One's Cross Country Checkup, a nationwide call-in show.
He also wrote a column for the Saturday edition of the Globe and Mail newspaper until January 2010 when the Globe cancelled the column and Murphy moved to Canada's National Post. Murphy's writing is characterized by a polysyllabic style and a wide range of cultural references.
He is a vocal critic of arguments for anthropogenic climate change and proposed policy responses for it, such as the Green Shift. On Thursday, September 29, 2011, Murphy hosted "Climate Change 101" at the University of Calgary. The event was sponsored by W. Brett Wilson, a Canadian entrepreneur and a former employee of Imperial Oil.
In 2004, he and nine other prominent Canadians participated in the production and the defence of a Great Canadian on the CBC Television program The Greatest Canadian. Murphy, advocating for former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, guided his candidate to third place in the final vote.
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