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The last squawk? Alan Jones finally seems to have nowhere to go

  • Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
The last squawk? Alan Jones finally seems to have nowhere to goAAP/Dan Himbrechts

So the Parrot, as H. G. Nelson called him, has been pushed off his perch, Sky News having refused to renew his contract.

Over 36 years, Alan Jones became one of the most powerful, divisive and socially destructive voices the Australian media has ever produced.

At the same time, in rating terms, he became a phenomenon. In April...

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