You sons of bitches in media – from the local to the mainstream – snickered along with glee as you retailed the Australian DJ hoax call to a world-wide audience.
Without your intervention and amplification, the incident would have died on the local airwaves. It was not “their” hoax call, it was yours as well. Own it.
Now, if you would, take the sober, sanctimonious noises you’ve been making and shove ’em where the sun don’t shine.
That is all.
Well said, Kate.
Very true.
Agree completely. A huge percentage of “news” is now ear-tickling gossip. It’s alligator tears for the media to report on the “tragic turn of events” as if they weren’t the ones hounding all those involved… and for what?
Some of the local Ottawa media are trying to rationalize it by claiming the DJs did not contribute to the nurse’s death as there is no provable link. The same media were, of course, outraged over the unproved robocalls allegations and condemned the CPC without reservation and proof for what essentially was the same thing.
It is too much to hope for that the next public utterance from the two clowns is “would you like fries with that?”
It was the royal family that ordered this nurse killed. The djs make great fall guys for sure. I mean do you really believe this story?
Saldanha, 46, had transferred their call last week to a fellow nurse caring for the duchess. A 46 year old married mother of 2 transfers a call to another nurse
as part of this hoax and then offs herself? Come on. Anyway the message has been sent loud and clear to all other potential hoaxsters. Don’t mess with William and Kate like you did lady Di or there will be consequences.
Pranks are dangerous in ANY setting.
They are not adolescent…they are childish.
“It’s all good fun…until somebody gets hurt.”
Drew Cary
Amen to that! You have said so clearly,everything that has been in my head.MSM is so busy a**-covering now,for one of their own..THEY are guilty of the most hideous comments,stunts,misrepresentations of anyone on the ‘right’ that is is surprising something like this hadn’t happened before.Think of Sarah Palin..and need anyone say more??
I’ve noticed that mainstream news is now often as much about the newscasters/agencies themselves as it is about anything else.
Yep the hypocrisy is gob smacking, remember when Ford was punked by This Hour isn’t funny?? Oh the media laughed and condemned Ford for over reacting, the self same media scolding the Aussies for their prank. Typical liberal drivel, ala do as I say not as I do.
Oh! James must be a Liberal conspiracist time to cut him off Kate. We have heard nothing about the radio show producer and director,do they get off scot free for permitting such garbage.
Well stated Kate the Media has surrounded these people to protect them, they are all dumb asses.
Oh! James must be a Liberal conspiracist time to cut him off Kate. We have heard nothing about the radio show producer and director,do they get off scot free for permitting such garbage.
Well stated Kate the Media has surrounded these people to protect them, they are all dumb asses.
Davy, “dumb asses” is not the correct term. “Traitors” is.
“Now, if you would, take the sober, sanctimonious noises you’ve been making and shove ’em where the sun don’t shine.
That is all.”
Posted by Kate at December 10, 2012 11:39 AM
Beautifully put, Kate !!
Oh Yes, Including CTV in Canada, I would add.
J.
a few points here
a)why is Kate’s pregnancy concidered news for the MSM, leave it to the enquirer
b)why do we even have bloody “royals”
c) why would anyone be so sensative that a stupid prank would drive them to suicide??? (culture??)
d) last, butt not least, were is SDA’s trumpet call of”there is no rite to NOT be offended, when muzzies get pi$$ed off about some hurt feelings???
Kate is so hot when she’s angry.
Excellent points, Kate, and succinctly put. This should get a “You’re even more beautiful when you’re annoyed” tag.
Anybody that would off themselves because they merely transferred a telephone call has one hell of a lot more wrong with them we will ever know about.
Two DJ’s pulling off a practical joke did not cause her death. She must have been a very troubled woman.
My beef is with the selfish nurse who offed herself.
This whole media driven storm, if you want to call it that, would have blown over.Six weeks max.
But no, she thought only of herself and the “shame” she would endure. She took the cheap way out.
Folks, there is a young couple, expecting a milestone event in their lives, an event now cursed with the ghost of a suicide attached to their little one. And the baby who hasn’t even been BORN yet, will have this footnote follow them all their days.
The nurse was a douche.
The story reminds me of the film “Absence of Malice” starring Paul Newman and Sally Field. It shows the innocent getting ground up by the insatiable maw of the media.
Oddly enough they’re not clamoring for bullying legislation to restrict journalists’ speech. Shocking.
The scandal was very real, Kate. A hospital where a future queen, and future king, of Great Britain and Ireland (and Canada and Australia) were allegedly secure was manned by Third World nurses whose English was so feeble they couldn’t tell a genuine cultured English accent from an obvious mockery. Thank almighty God that it was only a couple of Australian pranksters and not a couple of IRA men on the other end of the line.
Those two DJs did a service to the Queen of Australia by pointing out the cavalier approach taken towards defending the royal family. They ought to be receiving a medal, not being pilloried by the hypocrites in the MSM who were only too happy to let amateurs do their job for them (as many a conservative blogger will attest).
As for the nurse who took the call, be sure of this—she’s not the only one, at the hospital or in the royal family’s security detail, who deserved to pay dearly for putting the Duchess and her child in harm’s way. She can at least be given credit for seeing the gravity of what she had done, more than can be said for the fools who hired her—which gives her a far better chance of entering the kingdom of heaven than they will ever have.
May the Lord have mercy on the nurses’ soul, and may He bless and keep her husband and children. And may God save the Queen and all her heirs.
The lady doth protest too much. As far as I am aware, the MSM did not make a prank call only the DJs did. So it is their responsibility and theirs’ alone. The MSM just did its job.
Regardless of whether it was the Duchess of Cambridge or the fourteen year old child of the janitor at a fast food joint, nobody had any business prying into their medical condition. And hospitals have work to do, which doesn’t include providing opportunities for talentless chatterboxes on a radio station to try to make some kind of “entertainment” for their listeners. If you listen to that sort of crap, on any station, you are part of the problem.
Well, gosh, then THANK BOG that nobody decided to off themselves as a result of my interest in whether their refrigerator was running!
Las, if that were your wife who was in the hospital with your first child, would you be as sanctimonious about her medical and health condition being played on the radio as a “stunt” and then echoed around the world by all those who get paid to entertain the masses? It is our business if THEY choose to put out a press release and share it with the world. This is celebrity chasers looking for their next fix.
The hospitals all over the earth are no doubt enforcing their protocols to each and every employee this week.
…deserved to pay dearly for putting the Duchess and her child in harm’s way.
The hospital and its staff are obviously responsible for confidentiality of all patients, and this incident was undoubtably an error, on that level.
If the error affected the securtiy of a VIP then one must look at the arrangements made by the royal “security” people; if they were satisfied with existing telephone protocol then the hospital is only responsible for an ordinary breach of confidentiality (not a royal breach). If the royal security people wanted more security for their royal VIP then they should have taken control of the communication environment.
Alas, LAS. I think that is the point… the media don’t do their job, which is to report the news, not create it, not interpret it, or in any misrepresent it. Just the facts. To deny they pushed this story and revelled in it any less than that failing Aussie radio station, is dishonest. But some people always have to take a counter position on any issue.
Dick, that’s totally insane. It was a mistake, and however bad of a mistake it was, it was nowhere near serious enough for anyone to even consider taking their life over. It’s a short bus ride from where you’re standing to doing seppuku over a bad performance review.
According to the radio station and the DJs, the prank was pulled “with the very best of intentions.”
What! The “best of intentions”?! Do people nowadays even listen to what they say? Do words have no meaning any longer?
I also read that the station claimed, or it may have been their lawyer, that “they did nothing wrong.” Isn’t there a law against impersonating someone else so that private information about another person can be divulged to you? For example, isn’t fraud involved here?
Few experiences have a stronger impact on most people than public humiliation. Most “comics” and entertainers today seem to have no regard for that eternal truth. Too busy showing how cool and clever they are.
I have to agree with Max on this one, this is totally silly.
I don’t “blame” anyone for her death.
Agree with MJ. There is a case of fraud and personation here.
This wasn’t merely a “prank”. This was criminal, and because it was criminal, it means the perps may bear criminal responsibility for the nurse’s death.
A prank is calling up a tobacco shop, and asking, “do you have Prince Albert in a can?” When you get an affirmative response, you then say, “Let him out, then. Old boy’s got to breathe, ya know.”
At this time I feel it may be appropriate to invite everyone to do what I do: shut off the radio. And the TV.
Back in the day we had no alternative but to consume the drivel that rattled from the broadcast media. Now we do. The quicker we boycott these EVIL sons of b1tches into bankruptcy, the sooner we’ll make progress on reclaiming our culture.
I do not listen to the radio. I do not buy the newspaper. I do not have TV reception of any kind, cable or antenna. Advertisers, take heed.
Well said Kate! Sammy @ 12:51 – excellent comment.
The royal prank was recorded and played at a later date.
The radio station honchos reviewed and approved it for airing.
Everyone here other than LAS pretty much agrees that Obama was gun running to the mexicans and terrorists for political purposes and covered it up and lied about it etc etc. But everyone here pretty much just accepts that this woman offed herself because she transferred a phone call from two retarded talentless aussie radio djs. The mere fact the media jumps right in on blaming the djs for the death leads me to believe even more that this was a hit.
The MSM is trying to get the DJ’s to kill themselves now.
If it bleeds it leads.
I agree it has to be put squarely on the shoulders of the MSM
the DJ’s need to be left alone they have suffered enough
I’ve seen quite a few comments like that of Max on various sites, all saying that “the nurse grievously overreacted by taking her life, and it’s her fault.”
This wasn’t merely a case of putting through a call improperly, and it’s oversimplifying to say that the nurse should not have been so affected by what happened. The eyes of the entire world were suddenly focused on the nurse, and she knew it. Her name became front-page news, and her actions were scrutinized and criticized by people in many countries. That kind of pressure isn’t something which one can just shrug off; it’s intensely disturbing. She was apparently unprepared to deal with this level of notoriety and attention – and there’s no reason she should be expected to deal with it. Celebrities like movie stars, athletes, etc. know that part of their fame is having to deal with intense media exposure. They have the money and contacts to obtain press agents, analysts, etc. to help them with their fame. The everyday John or Jane Doe has no reason to be prepared to deal with the media, and also don’t have employees or counsellors at hand to assist them.
The fault lies with the DJ’s who made the prank call. Even though they could not foresee all possible results, they knew that they were at the very least being deceptive (if not violating laws) in their actions, and deception often comes at a price. If the nurse had not taken her own life, she may well have been fired and blacklisted – would the Aussie crew have been there to provide her with assistance for the results of their “prank”?
And I agree that the MSM is complicit for their re-broadcasting of matters. They love to say “we’re just reporting on current affairs”, but they seldom take the time to actually provide fair and balanced coverage. Rabbit’s invoking “Absence of Malice” is a perfect example of this principle; the media claim to be reporting the news, when they’re actually creating it, and then washing their hands of the mess they created.
Everyone here other than LAS pretty much agrees that Obama was gun running to the mexicans
Do you mind not ascribing positions I don’t hold to me? FnF was clearly criminal. However, there is no evidence of gun running to Libyan/Syrian rebels by Obama.
MSM tabloid News – oh the drama.
I’m glad Jacintha Saldanha was never my nurse. I wonder if the Queen feels the same way?
The best part was Liberal Australian Prime Minister Alison Redford apologizing on behalf of all white Australians, nice touch.
I find this whole episode, tragic and sad. It is obvious the nurse who transfers a call, then commits suicide, had prior mental health issues. Quite frankly, it wasn’t even much of a prank, and makes me wonder why the MSM even connected the suicide to the prank, when the evidence does not support it.
james said: “But everyone here pretty much just accepts that this woman offed herself because she transferred a phone call…”
Yeah. Sure we do. Idiot.
And the fact that we don’t -know- why the woman died yet is just more of the MSM “doing their job” as LAS said.
This tragedy might have been due to a certain factor. I do not have any hard and fast evidence of this though. The culture of the deceased nurse is from India. My experience is that often professional people from that culture are highly sensitive persons. They DO care about what effect their own conduct is on others.
I said to my wife if the nurse had been a cockney girl it would not have happened. She agreed. I daresay the air would have been full of ribald scorn in private. She may have even turned a few hundred pounds over it.
Never liked hoaxers myself, it seemed to be a national sport in 1950’s England. I found that if the hoax was ever turned on that era hoaxer, their reaction was plain vicious.
If it was a suicide, the nurse’s death was her decision, therefore her “responsibility” if you want to call it that. She was hardly a responsible mother, however, to abandon her family after being guilty only of transferring a prank call.
Popular (youth) radio DJs are all assholes, and these morons clearly initiated this event, but I suspect the hospital administrators are a lot more involved than they are admitting. They are saying Ms Saldanha was an extremely capable, tip-top nurse. And she may well have been. But don’t extremely capable nurses deal with far worse on a daily basis than mistakenly transferring crank telephone calls?
My guess, based on no evidence whatsoever (much like the MSM!) is that the humiliated hospital bureaucrats “royally” reamed out all the front-line workers, tipping an already frail Ms Saldanha over the edge; and have spent the last week blaming a couple of Australian imbeciles, instead of owning up.
“She was hardly a responsible mother, however, to abandon her family after being guilty only of transferring a prank call.”
Here here. Suicide is a very selfish act.
“Liberal Australian Prime Minister Alison Redford”
I’m glad to know I’m not alone in always mixing these two up.
The point is, the international MSM thought these DJ’s were awesome when they first achieved their ‘big punk’ but now that this tragic suicide has occurred, these same loser MSM won’t stand erect in principle of their initial support.
That makes them unprincipled losers, which they are.
I’m with Phantom, the best way to deal with an obsessive, lowest-common-denominator MSM is to stop watching, listening to and reading what the culprits put out. The New Normal world is nuts.
It’s very reassuring to read that, according to some commenters, the nurse should have been prepared to deal with international exposure and criticism instantly. I’m sure that these commenters can share with us where the average person is provided with instruction on how to handle situations like this, and what strategies those commenters can offer on responding to world-wide notoriety and criticism which are within the reach of the “common” man/woman.
Last time I checked, there wasn’t a “crisis line” to help someone deal with “Hundreds of millions of people want to know why I put through a phone call, and I had no idea it was even an issue.” Maybe I’m just not looking in the proper edition of the Yellow Pages.