• Prank call radio station to donate funds to nurse's family; $500,000 Australian dollars
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[QUOTE](CNN) -- The Australian radio station which made a prank call to a UK hospital that apparently resulted in the death of a nurse said Tuesday that it would donate at least 500,000 Australian dollars (US$524,000) to a fund for the nurse's family. Jacintha Saldanha apparently committed suicide after being duped by the prank call from two DJs seeking information on Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine. The Sydney-based 2DayFM radio station has come under heavy fire over the hoax call. The media group which owns 2DayFM said it would resume advertising on the station -- halted in the wake of the tragedy -- beginning Thursday, with all profits until the end of the year going to "an appropriate fund" that would directly benefit Saldanha's family and a minimum contribution of 500,000 Australian dollars. "We are very sorry for what has happened," said Rhys Holleran, chief executive of Southern Cross Austereo. "We hope that by contributing to a memorial fund we can help to provide the Saldanha family with the support they need at this very difficult time." Saldanha put through a call from the DJs to a nurse on the ward at King Edward VII's Hospital, where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for acute morning sickness early last Tuesday. The 46-year-old nurse was found dead three days later in living quarters in central London provided by her workplace. She left a husband and two children. An autopsy will be carried out Tuesday in Westminster, London's Metropolitan Police said. The hospital has said that it is also collecting donations from the public for the family and asked that checks be made out to King Edward VII's Hospital -- Jacintha Saldanha Memorial Fund and mailed to Finance, King Edward VII's Hospital, 10 Beaumont Street, London. W1G 6AA. "She was an outstanding nurse whose loss has shocked and saddened everyone at the hospital," said chairman Lord Glenarthur. "Following discussions with her family, we have now established the Jacintha Saldanha Memorial Fund in her memory." Many donations have already been made from around the world, he said, and the hospital would "certainly welcome" a contribution from Southern Cross Austereo. There has been a fierce public backlash against the radio station, both within Australia and worldwide, since its decision to broadcast the pre-recorded prank call. The two DJs, who impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in the call, made tearful apologies on Monday for what had happened. Mel Greig and Michael Christian, both crying at times, told two Australian television shows that their thoughts were with Saldanha's family. "I'm very sorry and saddened for the family, and I can't imagine what they've been going through," Greig said on the program "Today Tonight." Christian described himself as "gutted, shattered and heartbroken." Read more: Nurse death sparks outrage, casts glare on 'shock jocks' "For the part we played, we're incredibly sorry," Christian said on "Today Tonight." Both have said that they never expected the call to go through. They also stressed Monday that while they made the call to the hospital, they did not have a say on whether it went to air. The call was recorded and then went through a vetting process at their network before it was broadcast, they said. Share prices for Southern Cross Media Group dropped by as much as 8% Monday following the controversy, according to Australian media reports. A number of big advertisers pulled their spots from 2DayFM before it took the decision temporarily not to run ads. Profits for the media group as a whole were 95 million Australian dollars in the year to June 2012, up from 64.1 million a year earlier, according to the company's 2012 annual report. It was the first full-year earnings report since Southern Cross Media and Austereo Group merged in May 2011. Holleran last week said he was "deeply saddened" by the nurse's death but defended the legality of the station's action, saying he was "very confident that we haven't done anything illegal." The Australian Communications and Media Authority, the country's media regulator, has said it will be "engaging with" the network "around the facts and issues surrounding the prank call." London's Metropolitan Police have contacted Australian authorities in relation to the call, but "are not discussing about what or with who" they're talking, a spokesman told CNN. A spokeswoman for New South Wales Police in Australia told CNN: "As the investigation into the death of London nurse Jacintha Saldhana continues, New South Wales Police will be providing London's Metropolitan Police with whatever assistance they require."[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/11/world/asia/australia-uk-prank-call/index.html?hpt=ieu_c1[/url]
talk about media peer pressure none of this would have escalated to what it has if the British didn't/don't absolutely worship the royal family
Then so should every media outlet that led their programs with news stories that berated the DJs.
The focus should not be on the damn DJ's it should be on the woman who overreacted to a simple joke.
[QUOTE=Pelican;38799146]talk about media peer pressure none of this would have escalated to what it has if the British didn't/don't absolutely worship the royal family[/QUOTE] Australia pretty much worships them as well.. :v:
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;38799239]The focus should not be on the damn DJ's it should be on the woman who overreacted to a simple joke.[/QUOTE] But she's dead, only living people can be blamed for screwing up.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;38799242]Australia pretty much worships them as well.. :v:[/QUOTE] No, we don't. At all. A large majority of Australian's couldn't care about what happens with the British. [editline]12th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;38799250]But she's dead, only living people can be blamed for screwing up.[/QUOTE] Um, no, not at all. She was alive. She screwed up by deciding to kill herself.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;38799250]But she's dead, only living people can be blamed for screwing up.[/QUOTE] Not really. The only people you can punish are the living (and I don't think the DJ's or the station should be punished because someone couldn't take a joke.) [sp]damn ninja[/sp]
If you don't KNOW someone can take a joke, don't pull it on them. Simple.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;38799242]Australia pretty much worships them as well.. :v:[/QUOTE] We're pretty much divided 50/50 on the issue. The 1999 republic referendum showed that 45% of the nation wanted to be a republic. iirc that number has increased to about 50% now. Gillard said that the appropriate time for Australia to become a republic is when Queen Elizabeth kicks the bucket.
I'm rather critical about the fact that no note was left/found. How do we know she actually killed herself because of the prank call? I really don't think they deserved the money... [editline]note[/editline] Turns out there was a note. [URL="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nurse-jacintha-saldanha-left-suicide-note-for-family/story-e6frf7jo-1226534947797"]The contents of the note have not been revealed.[/URL] [sp]it still doesn't change my view[/sp]
[QUOTE=Bradyns;38799242]Australia pretty much worships them as well.. :v:[/QUOTE] I actually don't know anyone here who gives a fuck about the royal family
[QUOTE=gokiyono;38799337]I'm rather critical about the fact that no note was left/found. How do we know she actually killed herself because of the prank call? I really don't think they deserved the money...[/QUOTE] there was a note left for the family [URL="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nurse-jacintha-saldanha-left-suicide-note-for-family/story-e6frf7jo-1226534947797"]http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nurse-jacintha-saldanha-left-suicide-note-for-family/story-e6frf7jo-1226534947797[/URL] on that note i have a feeling that the $500,000 is far too much for something that might of been caused by a range of other reasons (leaning towards family issues)
[QUOTE=Vipa;38799559]there was a note left for the family [URL="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nurse-jacintha-saldanha-left-suicide-note-for-family/story-e6frf7jo-1226534947797"]http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nurse-jacintha-saldanha-left-suicide-note-for-family/story-e6frf7jo-1226534947797[/URL] on that note i have a feeling that the $500,000 is far too much for something that might of been caused by a range of other reasons (leaning towards family issues)[/QUOTE] "The contents of the note have not been revealed." Aww. I don't see why it should remain hidden.
[QUOTE=rhx123;38799306]If you don't KNOW someone can take a joke, don't pull it on them. Simple.[/QUOTE] So... never pull a joke? The nurse overreacted, plain and simple. The DJ's are not to blame for her death.
[QUOTE=gokiyono;38799645]"The contents of the note have not been revealed." Aww. I don't see why it should remain hidden.[/QUOTE] Yeah I have no idea why people want suicide notes to be private :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=hehe;38799324]We're pretty much divided 50/50 on the issue. The 1999 republic referendum showed that 45% of the nation wanted to be a republic. iirc that number has increased to about 50% now. Gillard said that the appropriate time for Australia to become a republic is when Queen Elizabeth kicks the bucket.[/QUOTE] That [i]issue[/i] you are refering to is Australia bring a part of the British, or becoming a republic (I believe) It has nothing to do with people actually [i]caring[/i] about the British or what happens to them.
the media is the root cause of all this, rather than the djs british tabloid magazines and papers are a fucking cancer
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;38799239]The focus should not be on the damn DJ's it should be on the woman who overreacted to a simple joke.[/QUOTE] people who kill themselves probably aren't doing it because some hack DJ called them and played a prank on them. i don't know why no-one gets this, someone who commits suicide most likely has a mental illness culminating in suicidal thoughts. to say she did it because she "overreacted" shows that people don't get suicide at all
[QUOTE=Pelican;38799146]talk about media peer pressure none of this would have escalated to what it has if the British [B]media[/B] didn't/don't absolutely worship the royal family[/QUOTE] Fixed that for you. [editline]12th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Eluveitie;38799239]The focus should not be on the damn DJ's it should be on the woman who overreacted to a simple joke.[/QUOTE] Or the media fucking hounding her for a reaction.
[QUOTE=Novangel;38799676]Yeah I have no idea why people want suicide notes to be private :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] With all that has happened now/we know, what is there to keep away? The truth maybe. [sp]It reminds me about the Amanda Todd case.[/sp]
Idiocy
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;38799672]So... never pull a joke? The nurse overreacted, plain and simple. The DJ's are not to blame for her death.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Eluveitie;38799239]The focus should not be on the damn DJ's it should be on the woman who overreacted to a simple joke.[/QUOTE] are you fucking serious are you people honestly blaming the woman who committed suicide I'm gonna go ahead and say there was probably circumstances to her situation other than being part of a joke also I'm still going to stand by my opinion of prank calling emergency services being fucking stupid, I know it wasn't 999, but still
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;38799239]The focus should not be on the damn DJ's it should be on the woman who overreacted to a simple joke.[/QUOTE] Okay listen. Maybe, Get this, Maybe, just [i]maaaaybe[/i], we should learn [b]not[/b] to fuck with random people we don't know, merely for the amusement of others. Maybe then we won't be acting all "[i]ohh, but I had no idea this random person I've never met would overreact so badly after we humiliated and made fun of her on national radio on a scale large enough that it even got international coverage[/i]". You know, [i]maybe[/i] we can learn something from what happened here.
[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;38800238]are you fucking serious are you people honestly blaming the woman who committed suicide I'm gonna go ahead and say there was probably circumstances to her situation other than being part of a joke also I'm still going to stand by my opinion of prank calling emergency services being fucking stupid, I know it wasn't 999, but still[/QUOTE] way to take posts out of context. where did either of those posts say that the nurse was to blame?
what was the actual prank call?
[QUOTE=krail9;38800614]what was the actual prank call?[/QUOTE]The DJ's acting like the Queen and Prince Phillip.
[QUOTE=krail9;38800614]what was the actual prank call?[/QUOTE] Two Australian DJs pretended to be the queen and Prince Charles then decided to phone up the hospital where Kate Middleton was admitted with morning sickness. The nurse in question answered and pretty much immediately put them through to another nurse on duty who revealed that Kate was doing okay, she had been rehydrated and that Prince William had been to visit her. In my opinion, the nurse probably wouldn't have decided to kill herself just because she answered a prank call and was embarrassed because she fell for it, even if it was on a large scale. She probably had some other deep seated issues that the DJs could not have been aware of. Taking your life is a big decision and it would probably take more than two ozzy trolls to give that decision a yes. It is just unfortunate that she may have been on the tipping point when they did phone.
[QUOTE=Pelican;38799146]talk about media peer pressure none of this would have escalated to what it has if the British didn't/don't absolutely worship the royal family[/QUOTE] We don't worship them The media capitalised and sensationalised it to make money
It was a confirmed suicide today, she hanged herself And no we don't worship them, the media does. It was front page news when Kate had morning sickness, yet 99% of the comments on the articles are people saying how no one cares
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