Alan Jones has had his 226th ratings win, and this morning blamed ill-health for retiring from his radio gig at 2GB. His influence is underscored by tributes from politicians as high up as the New South Wales Premier and the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison. His long career has been peppered with controversies, including the cash for comments scandal where he was accused of presenting advertising as news, and the media watchdog found that he’d encouraged violence ahead of the notorious Cronulla riots in Sydney in 2005.
