There's some serious hypocrisy at the Australian radio station that pulled the plug on the Kate Middleton pranksters -- because the station has a history of setting up dangerous stunts ... some purposely designed to cause panic and mayhem.
2DayFM's "Kyle and Jackie O" show aired a segment called "Desperate Acts" back in 2009 ... where a listener was given $1,000 to call her sister and convince her their mother was injured, bleeding, and in need of medical attention.
It worked ... the sister called 911 and sent paramedics speeding to the mother, who was totally fine.
That hoax prompted a police investigation.
Later in 2009 ... Kyle and Jackie O hooked up a teenager to a lie detector while her mother grilled her about her sex life. The stunt blew up in their faces when the girl suddenly revealed she had been raped when she was 12.
That segment led to another police investigation, and got the DJs a week-long suspension.
Additionally, 2DayFM has reportedly been on probation multiple times for violating Australia's broadcast code.
Despite getting repeatedly slapped on the wrist for their stunts ... 2DayFM honchos still signed off on Michael Christian and Mel Greig pulling the Kate prank.
2DayFM's response to the nurse's death has been that "no one could have predicted" the tragedy -- arguably true -- but they've also broadcast stunts where tragedy is not only foreseeable, but desired.
So, canceling the DJ's show ...is it hypocritical?
Just a thought :
"Be kind because everyone you meet is fighting a battle".
This is a lesson. Even if we as outsiders maybe don't understand the nurse decision to commit suicide it teaches us that we never know what a person struggles with. Thats why everyone need to be kind.
I've read articles saying the nurse was humiliated by the prank call. People wonders if she had other struggles as well.
To the DJs, you can't humiliate someone in the name of entertainment without there being consequences.
Screwing around with private medical information should be criminal, thanks to these two it will become even more difficult for families and friends to get information about loved ones as the knee jerk politicians make a flurry of new laws.
Actions have consequences. No the DJs didn't make the lady take her life, but their selfish actions caused her undue additional stress which led to her death.
The fact is this Radio Station, put this woman, a private citizen up for international ridicule and this has ultimately led to her not being able to handle it and killing herself.
All those saying that this lady should have gotten over it..unless you have been in such a situation where you are in your place of work doing your normal job and something like this happens you have absolutely no idea how you would deal with it.
They are only paying so the family won't sue them and get even more money! These 2 DJ's was reckless, and in my opinion illegal, actions are responsible for the death of another human being. Although they did not intend for this to happen with their "prank", the fact remains that another human being committed suicide over this prank. When you are raised in an enviroment where "family honor" or just plain "honor" is valued more than death, some people see suicide as the only option to atone for their perceived dishonor. Here in America there is something called "manslaughter" and here what the DJ's caused would be enough to have them charged with a crime. Here you can be charged in the death if your actions directly or indirectly caused the death. CHEW ON THAT AUSTRALIAN DJ'S.
No comments:
Post a Comment