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[MrBurns]

Was driving the kids to school way back when and some cow came on the radio with a filthy joke, I almost ran off the road trying the switch her off.

That woman would have felt humiliated globally and just couldn't handle it.

The juvenile idiots who caused her death have now scurried away to hide somewhere.

 

[Calliope]

Was driving the kids to school way back when and some cow came on the radio with a filthy joke, I almost ran off the road trying the switch her off.

That woman would have felt humiliated globally and just couldn't handle it.

The juvenile idiots who caused her death have now scurried away to hide somewhere.

It was a harmless prank. Fallacious reasoning;

post hoc ergo propter hoc

 

[YMI]

Nurse duped in Kate Middleton prank found dead

When I heard about the ‘joke’ I immediately thought that will cost her job – now I sadly realize I was wrong. This radio station is not the only one that thinks this kind of stuff is funny.
In school it’s called bullying, they think it’s funny!

My heartfelt sympathies go to the nurse's family and friends.

 

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It was a harmless prank. Fallacious reasoning;

post hoc ergo propter hoc

+1
Doesn't make me any less sympathetic to the poor woman's family and friends. She got caught up in a storm too big for her to handle. Quite similar to innocent victims of a road accident or cyclone Bopha...

 

[MrBurns]

It was a harmless prank. Fallacious reasoning;

post hoc ergo propter hoc

Suicide follows prank.

Suicide follows bullying.

Not harmless, they did this expecing it to work and It did making a fool of someone in front of the Royal Family, her workmates and the world.

 

[MrBurns]

Coles and Telstra have pulled advertising from Sydney radio station 2Day FM after the nurse who answered a royal prank call by the station's presenters was found dead.

I hope more follow, it's not just this but Sandilands is a creep and was let off easily for his last "funny" stunt.

I know this was unintended but someone's dead as a result of it, no escaping that.

British media turns on Kyle Sandilands after 2Day FM royal radio prank

Australia radio station which staged pregnant Kate phone prank forced girl to confess to her mother she was raped when she was 12

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...chess-prank-forced-girl-confess-raped-12.html

 

[MrBurns]

Radio network Austereo has reportedly suspended all advertising on 2Day FM amid a fierce backlash over a prank phone call made to a London hospital, and the death of the nurse who answered it.

This is to prevent further embarassment when others pull out, this way it looks like THEIR decision.

 

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I hope more follow, it's not just this but Sandilands is a creep and was let off easily for his last "funny" stunt.

I know this was unintended but someone's dead as a result of it, no escaping that.

Not as a result of the prank, but rather as a result of the irrational hype and pretense that one little peanut, one particular woman's womb and resulting nausea, should deserve more attention, yet at the same time, privacy, than any other. Why is it that family and fans of an otherwise healthy, although somewhat anorexic-looking, woman relish the attention in news and pictures when it suits them, yet incite outrage at the thought of somebody trying to do something slightly different.

As I said before, this death is tragic, but IMHO a result of people's obsession with royalty and the resulting double standard of who is allowed to publish what and in which context.

 

[MrBurns]

Not as a result of the prank, but rather as a result of the irrational hype and pretense that one little peanut, one particular woman's womb and resulting nausea, should deserve more attention, yet at the same time, privacy, than any other. Why is it that family and fans of an otherwise healthy, although somewhat anorexic-looking, woman relish the attention in news and pictures when it suits them, yet incite outrage at the thought of somebody trying to do something slightly different.

As I said before, this death is tragic, but IMHO a result of people's obsession with royalty and the resulting double standard of who is allowed to publish what and in which context.

I really think you're stretching a point there, this has nothing to do with the Royals, it could have been Obamas wife or anyone famous.

The ridulous hype around the pregnancy is annoying, the Sunrise show dedicated an entire show to "we'll cross for the latest" and so on.

 

[MrBurns]

I feel a bit sorry for the presenters but this radio station has a long record of stunts gone wrong, this one tops the lot, be it their "fault" or not where there's smoke there's fire. They need a big shake up, think things through before you pull a "stunt" it's not funny it's not clever and can have dire consequences sometimes if you just do these things without thinking.

 

[dutchie]

Not as a result of the prank, but rather as a result of the irrational hype and pretense that one little peanut, one particular woman's womb and resulting nausea, should deserve more attention, yet at the same time, privacy, than any other. Why is it that family and fans of an otherwise healthy, although somewhat anorexic-looking, woman relish the attention in news and pictures when it suits them, yet incite outrage at the thought of somebody trying to do something slightly different.

As I said before, this death is tragic, but IMHO a result of people's obsession with royalty and the resulting double standard of who is allowed to publish what and in which context.

+1

I was sick of "the pregnancy" after one day of sensationialism and fawning of the media.

Bring on the republic!

 

[Miss Hale]

Not as a result of the prank, but rather as a result of the irrational hype and pretense that one little peanut, one particular woman's womb and resulting nausea, should deserve more attention, yet at the same time, privacy, than any other. Why is it that family and fans of an otherwise healthy, although somewhat anorexic-looking, woman relish the attention in news and pictures when it suits them, yet incite outrage at the thought of somebody trying to do something slightly different.

As I said before, this death is tragic, but IMHO a result of people's obsession with royalty and the resulting double standard of who is allowed to publish what and in which context.

Or maybe simply as a result of someone being in a fragile state of mental health.

(I do agree there was too much hype about the preganancy though )

 

[Calliope]

Or maybe simply as a result of someone being in a fragile state of mental health.

(I do agree there was too much hype about the preganancy though )

+1. As bellenuit pointed out on another thread, who knows what could be the consequences for those with a fragile state of mental health, following Gillard's hoax broadcast forecasting the end of the world.

However if we all had to consider "cause and effect" before we made any decisions we'd all go loopy.

 

[Smurf1976]

I agree that the radio prank isn't funny but is that the real issue here?

We have someone answering phones at a hospital where a member of the Royal family is being treated.

I'd have thought that fact in itself would warrant a significant level of security.If it hadn't been this prank then it could easily have been something else. The risk of a security breach is ever present in situations like this.

Either the management didn't have proper procedures in place or they weren't followed. The radio station prank resulted in those security holes being identified and proven, but didn't cause them in the first place.

 

[Julia]

Why is it that family and fans of an otherwise healthy, although somewhat anorexic-looking, woman relish the attention in news and pictures when it suits them, yet incite outrage at the thought of somebody trying to do something slightly different.

I think that's quite unfair as far as the royal family is concerned. They are who they are. I've never had the impression that they invite or desire all the attention paid to them. On the contrary, it must be hell on earth living under the constant media spotlight.
In this instance, William and Catherine have expressed much sadness about what has happened. They can't be held responsible, neither have they or any member of either of their families demonstrated "outrage".

I agree that the radio prank isn't funny but is that the real issue here?

We have someone answering phones at a hospital where a member of the Royal family is being treated.

I'd have thought that fact in itself would warrant a significant level of security.If it hadn't been this prank then it could easily have been something else. The risk of a security breach is ever present in situations like this.

Either the management didn't have proper procedures in place or they weren't followed. The radio station prank resulted in those security holes being identified and proven, but didn't cause them in the first place.

Finally, someone gets to what should be the main focus of respoonsibility.
I'd imagine anyone from the royal family wanting to enquire re Kate's health would have someone on their staff contact the appropriate administrative person at the hospital. Hardly likely that Prince Charles and/or the Queen would be phoning the hospital directly.

Probably the receptionist who was temporarily absent from her post would be properly trained in how to handle enquiries, and it has just been incredibly unfortunate that the now dead girl happened to be passing and picked up the phone.

I feel for everyone concerned except the stupid attention seeking idiots who find amusement in mocking others.

 

[MrBurns]

Agree there but there was no physical threat, you can bet security would be all over the place.

This was more a breach of privacy.

Pranks such as this can have consequences, what if the woman concerned was passing the phone, which she was, puts the call through, which she did, and because 2 people dealt with it it would seem likely that the Royals had actually called the hospital before though I would have thought that unlikely, perhaps they weren't sure which Royal they were supposedly talking to.

Now these nurses could well have lost their jobs over this anyway...........consequences...........so even though the actual result was unforseen these pranks are potentially very hurtful to those targeted.

The fact that the presenters gloated about their success only adds salt to the wounds, the global fallout from this continues and we havent heard the last of it.

Southern Cross Austereo chief executive Rhys Holleran came out to say they havent done anything illegal, he completely misses the point and should be brought to account.

 

[Tink]

Sadly, its taken the death of the nurse to stop them airing it.
While they gloated about what was coming, she died.

 

[Calliope]

Southern Cross Austereo chief executive Rhys Holleran came out to say they havent done anything illegal, he completely misses the point and should be brought to account.

Closing down some of these rubbishy FM stations would be a good start.

[video]http://video.heraldsun.com.au/2313867921/2DayFM-confident-no-laws-were-broken[/video]

 

[MrBurns]

Closing down some of these rubbishy FM stations would be a good start.

[video]http://video.heraldsun.com.au/2313867921/2DayFM-confident-no-laws-were-broken[/video]

Be interesting to see how ACMA allows them to squeeze out of another stuff up.

 

[Calliope]

Oh, the poor little pets.:fan

RADIO presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian were receiving medical assistance last night amid growing fears for their "physical and emotional wellbeing".

The 2DayFM duo, described as "deeply shattered", went to ground to escape the outrage over the suicide of the nurse who answered their hoax call, Jacintha Saldanha.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/wave-of-outrage/story-e6freuy9-1226532820481