Richard Dawkins Question

Not neccessarily an evolution question, but I can' t think of a more
appropriate place to ask a question about Richard Dawkins.....

In 'The Blind Watchmaker, the Chapter 'Punctuating Punctuationism' he talks
of Eldredge and Gould, stating
"They have shouted their complaints...only to find that for this part of
their message tyhe microphones went dead on them"
He then states...
"I can sympathise, for I have had a similar experience with a different set
of microphones, in this case politically rather than religiously tuned"

What was he refering to?