"Shock-Jock" Alan Jones Retires

[icyfroth]

Alan Jones, Australia's most influential radio broadcaster, will retire at the end of this month, saying doctors had told him his workload was "detrimental" to his health.

The 79-year-old 2GB breakfast host has towered over Sydney's media, and Australian politics, for decades.

His breakfast program has topped the Harbour City's radio ratings since he began in the timeslot in 2001.

During his broadcast this morning Jones told listeners: "We are living in the world of coronavirus. The most repeated statement we hear is 'we must listen to the experts'."

"Well, the experts are telling me in no uncertain terms, and not for the first time I might add, 'continuing with the present workload is seriously detrimental to your health'.

"I have listened to the experts and I am taking this opportunity to indicate to my radio family that I will be retiring from radio at the end of this month.

Despite calling quits on his radio career, Jones will continue to broadcast on Sky News and write for The Daily Telegraph and The Australian.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-12/alan-jones-retires-from-radio/12237330

I'll miss listening to the old bugger in the mornings!

I don't mind Ben Fordham, but I think Ray Hadley would have been a better choice,

[lyhargr_0]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

so if he was say, a priest, as long as he was doing good in the community the people should excuse his pastime of groping little boys?

was he   actually a pedophile?  I knew he   was gay . but that's all.  

I know very little about him as i lived interstate until i recently moved to NSW tho i had heard him a few   times. and wondered how he got away with some of the vicious  things he  said but i didn't know he  was a pedophile.   

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He probably was not actually involved with children; just young pretty boys over the age of consent?  He was arrested in London for "cottaging" =  "hanging around notorious men's toilets".

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Link pls

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Apparently the charges were dropped

[4channel]

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

Apparently the charges were dropped

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I thought it went to court. Maybe it didn't then.

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London Incident

http://lazerzap.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Alan_Jones

The demons that drive Alan Jones

https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-demons-that-drive-alan-jones-20061021-gdone7.html

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Does he have influential friends?  Anyway, if there had been some deaths resulting from the Cronulla riots, maybe he wouldn't be so lucky? Who knows.

[davidc4430]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

so if he was say, a priest, as long as he was doing good in the community the people should excuse his pastime of groping little boys?

was he   actually a pedophile?  I knew he   was gay . but that's all.  

I know very little about him as i lived interstate until i recently moved to NSW tho i had heard him a few   times. and wondered how he got away with some of the vicious  things he  said but i didn't know he  was a pedophile.   

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what i ment was giving him kudos for being a good charity worker so that makes the fact hes an nasty person ok.

as in, we should forgive pedo priests as long as they do good in other areas.

[4channel]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

He does a lot of charity work and shares his cash around.

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so if he was say, a priest, as long as he was doing good in the community the people should excuse his pastime of groping little boys?

i dont think doing good over there gives you freedom over here to do and say nasty things.

hes a miserable man who will be missed by few and loathed by many.

wouldnt surprise me if i read 'mr jones was dead for some time before neighbours called police because of a bad smell comming from his flat, when they entered the property they found him in the hallway holding one of his awards'

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Haha, the last part really nails it and could actuallly be prophetic.  I love it and very well said sir!

[bright.ton42]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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what i ment was giving him kudos for being a good charity worker so that makes the fact hes an nasty person ok.

as in, we should forgive pedo priests as long as they do good in other areas.

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OK, gotcha, except I don't know of anyone who thinks pedo priests should be forgiven except their mothers.  . 

[davidc4430]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

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what i ment was giving him kudos for being a good charity worker so that makes the fact hes an nasty person ok.

as in, we should forgive pedo priests as long as they do good in other areas.

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OK, gotcha, except I don't know of anyone who thinks pedo priests should be forgiven except their mothers.  . 

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there are plenty who dont believe preists do any wrong.

look at the pell case, those boys are so obviously telling lies.

hes such a nice man

[lyndal1838]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

According to google he earnt $2739/day , ie $1.90/minute. 

He won't starve. 

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Where did I say he would starve?

I just pointed out that he did not have to drive to Sydney to do his radio show

Also I m pretty sure he still has a luxury unit here in Sydney.

[lyndal1838]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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I guess he won't miss getting up at 4am to drive up to Sydney to begin his breakfast show.

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He broadcasts from his private studio t his home so nothing to miss.

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He's going on 80  yo fgs.

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So what has his age got to do with anything?

How hard is it to sit behind a desk and talk?

There are plenty of people in their 70s and 80s still working long hours in much more physical occupations than AJ.

[lyndal1838]

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

so if he was say, a priest, as long as he was doing good in the community the people should excuse his pastime of groping little boys?

was he   actually a pedophile?  I knew he   was gay . but that's all.  

I know very little about him as i lived interstate until i recently moved to NSW tho i had heard him a few   times. and wondered how he got away with some of the vicious  things he  said but i didn't know he  was a pedophile.   

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He probably was not actually involved with children; just young pretty boys over the age of consent?  He was arrested in London for "cottaging" =  "hanging around notorious men's toilets".

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If you Google him you will find that he has a regular turnover of young male "butlers" in his life.

[davidc4430]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@*kazumi* wrote:

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

so if he was say, a priest, as long as he was doing good in the community the people should excuse his pastime of groping little boys?

was he   actually a pedophile?  I knew he   was gay . but that's all.  

I know very little about him as i lived interstate until i recently moved to NSW tho i had heard him a few   times. and wondered how he got away with some of the vicious  things he  said but i didn't know he  was a pedophile.   

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He probably was not actually involved with children; just young pretty boys over the age of consent?  He was arrested in London for "cottaging" =  "hanging around notorious men's toilets".

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If you Google him you will find that he has a regular turnover of young male "butlers" in his life.

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how many butt-lers he has does not concern me as long as they are of a legal age

how he talks about many subjects as a radio personality does.

saying a primeminister should be put in a sack and thrown in a river?

saying the PM of another country needs a 'sock in her mouth'

ect ect ect

just to get the bogans in society revved up.

as i'm sure any half intelligent listener finds stomach turning.

hes like the village idiot from the middle ages

he'll says a neighbour is a witch and he pops up with pitch fork in hand 

come of guys, lets burn her!

but when the action begins hes no where to be seen