One of those times you hope the BBC is wrong.
Dec 24th 2012, 1:55 am
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Re: One of those times you hope the BBC is wrong.
Do you honestly think the DJs would have gone ahead with their prank had they even the slightest idea that it could all go so very wrong? I'm sure they must be wishing they hadn't done it at all.
I haven't really commented on this thread as I know so little about what really happened. We do however now know that the nurse attempted taking her own life twice before this incident and she was suffering from depression. I guess it was only a matter of time and this incident just broke her already fragile state of mind.
I haven't really commented on this thread as I know so little about what really happened. We do however now know that the nurse attempted taking her own life twice before this incident and she was suffering from depression. I guess it was only a matter of time and this incident just broke her already fragile state of mind.
Dec 24th 2012, 2:33 am
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Re: One of those times you hope the BBC is wrong.
They went ahead calling a hospital and nurses, broke a number of industry guidelines, breached privacy and caused hurt. It was only a matter of time before one of twatFMs pranks caused a suicide. Without the suicide the DJs went over the line. They know their job is to humiliate and hurt and they should accept back what they give.
I am no royalist but the only person who should release medical information is Kate.
I am no royalist but the only person who should release medical information is Kate.
Do you honestly think the DJs would have gone ahead with their prank had they even the slightest idea that it could all go so very wrong? I'm sure they must be wishing they hadn't done it at all.
I haven't really commented on this thread as I know so little about what really happened. We do however now know that the nurse attempted taking her own life twice before this incident and she was suffering from depression. I guess it was only a matter of time and this incident just broke her already fragile state of mind.
I haven't really commented on this thread as I know so little about what really happened. We do however now know that the nurse attempted taking her own life twice before this incident and she was suffering from depression. I guess it was only a matter of time and this incident just broke her already fragile state of mind.
Dec 24th 2012, 2:37 am
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Re: One of those times you hope the BBC is wrong.
The DJs and Austereo deserve what they got in their search for ratings without any prior concern for the lives they screw up in the way.
There is a line between poor taste, cruelty and illegality. IMO Austereo have repeatedly crossed that line.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...220-2boer.html
a promotion called "Heartless Hotline" in which a parent of a disabled child was forced to argue with another caller to get Easter Show tickets; a promotion in which the parents of a disabled child claimed they did not receive the full amount pledged to them on air; Kyle Sandilands making fun of a disabled baby; Sandilands suggesting Magda Szubanski be "put in a concentration camp" to lose weight; Sandilands calling a female journalist a "fat slag" and threatening to "hunt her down"; a competition in which women were lined up behind two panels - exposing only their vaginas - and requiring a man to identify his girlfriend by her genitals; a competition to find Sydney's smallest penis; a competition in which a prize was hidden in the body rolls of an obese woman who was branded a "pig", with footage streamed online; a stunt in which employees competed to see who could masturbate the fastest and produce the highest sperm count; and an intended stunt in which female listeners would compete to impregnate themselves with the sperm of a local celebrity. What do these incidents say about the culture of Austereo?
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...#ixzz2Fvn8jFzR
There is a line between poor taste, cruelty and illegality. IMO Austereo have repeatedly crossed that line.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...220-2boer.html
a promotion called "Heartless Hotline" in which a parent of a disabled child was forced to argue with another caller to get Easter Show tickets; a promotion in which the parents of a disabled child claimed they did not receive the full amount pledged to them on air; Kyle Sandilands making fun of a disabled baby; Sandilands suggesting Magda Szubanski be "put in a concentration camp" to lose weight; Sandilands calling a female journalist a "fat slag" and threatening to "hunt her down"; a competition in which women were lined up behind two panels - exposing only their vaginas - and requiring a man to identify his girlfriend by her genitals; a competition to find Sydney's smallest penis; a competition in which a prize was hidden in the body rolls of an obese woman who was branded a "pig", with footage streamed online; a stunt in which employees competed to see who could masturbate the fastest and produce the highest sperm count; and an intended stunt in which female listeners would compete to impregnate themselves with the sperm of a local celebrity. What do these incidents say about the culture of Austereo?
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...#ixzz2Fvn8jFzR
No respective and no support for such fools
I do miss Radio 2
Dec 24th 2012, 5:19 am
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Re: One of those times you hope the BBC is wrong.
Like old times listening to Chris Evans in the evening
Dec 24th 2012, 4:52 pm
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Dec 24th 2012, 10:07 pm
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Re: One of those times you hope the BBC is wrong.
I wouldn't know. I don't watch TT or any other crap like that. I do remember the first few days after the nurse's suicide reports on the radio saying the DJs had been put up in a hotel for "security reasons" and would not be making any statements. If they subsequently were allowed to make a statement you can be pretty certain what they said was vetted by the station management/lawyers and all questions by the Today Tonight reporter would have been ok'd by them as well.
Dec 24th 2012, 10:24 pm
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Re: One of those times you hope the BBC is wrong.
They still have to keep the audience whether it is rated or not. The culture of stupidity does not stop and start for the ratings period.
