Buckingham Palace shares big news!

[SWTXBelle]

I get 20 points!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I get 20 points!

[DDDlady]

Does Britian have a HIPPA like privacy law? This nurse better hope not.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/p...-call/1747619/

[chi-o_cat]

Originally Posted by DDDlady

Does Britian have a HIPPA like privacy law? This nurse better hope not.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/p...-call/1747619/

This story has now taken a surprising and sad turn:

http://gma.yahoo.com/nurse-hoaxed-qu...opstories.html

[MysticCat]

Yikes! Very sad.

This really gets me:

The radio station has since apologized for the prank call.

"2Day FM sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the inquiry to Kate's hospital. The radio segment was done with lighthearted intentions," the station said in a statement.

"We were very surprised that our call was put through. We thought we'd be hung up on as soon as they heard our terrible accents," the radio hosts said in the statement. "We're very sorry if we've caused any issues, and we're glad to hear that Kate is doing well. We wish Kate and her family all the best."

Really? They apologize for "any inconveniences" and are sorry if they caused "any issues"? How about actually taking real responsibility and apologizing for your actions and your lack of judgment?

[honeychile]

Am I the only one who is interested (and hoping!) in whether or not that poor nurse died a natural death?


And now it's reported that she committed suicide: Nurse radio hosts pranked to get royal baby details commits suicide.

I believe that the radio station can expect a lawsuit from this woman's family in the near future.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I believe that the radio station can expect a lawsuit from this woman's family in the near future.

I've got mixed feelings about this...

When it was reported that the nurse released information, the nurse was the one who was being side-eyed for her lack of judgement. But when a nurse (who didn't reveal info) commits suicide, it's the radio station who is now being criticized.

I certainly think it was a mistake for the deejays to make the prank call, and I suspect they will be reprimanded/punished by the radio station if they haven't already. But it doesn't seem entirely appropriate to me that the radio station would face a lawsuit. Perhaps that's just my personal feelings toward those who commit suicide coloring my judgement here, but the radio station couldn't have foreseen her reaction. Should the deejays be fired? Sure, I can see that. The radio station is accountable for poor decisions made by its employees, and terminating said employees is reasonable. But to hold the radio station accountable for a woman's suicide seems a bit much.

[SWTXBelle]

It's not the first time the radio station has been in trouble:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate..._fm_prank.html
QUOTE:
It's worth pointing out, however, that this isn't the first time that 2Day FM has run into trouble with a prank. The station was slapped with a five-year license probation back in 2009 for violating Australian regulations after a gag involving a lie detector went horribly wrong, ending with a 14-year-old girl admitting on air that she was raped. (The Daily Beast has more on that story here.)