Nurse Commits Suicide After Releasing Info About Royal Pregnancy | Should Australian Radio Hosts Be Punished for Prank Phone Call?
Today I received a breaking news update on my phone that made me audibly gasp: “Nurse duped by prank phone call about Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has committed suicide, hospital says,” CNN texted.
And then I gasped. Like, seriously lost my breath.
DJs Pull Deadly Hoax on Kate Middleton’s Nurse
In case you haven’t heard about it, two Australian DJs obtained the direct line to Kate Middleton’s room while she was recently hospitalized for dehydration with her pregnancy. The radio hosts called the room pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles and the nurse spilled the beans about everything that was asked, none the wiser to the hoax.
As the news hit globally, it made a mockery of the nurse, as well as many questioning her professional ethics for releasing information so readily without verification.
It was reported that this morning Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse at King Edward VII Hospital, committed suicide after the prank.
DJs’ Suspension Not Enough
The DJs apologized the next day and were suspended, as well as had their Twitter accounted deleted. However, that seems like little repayment for taking part in something that resulted in a death. In my opinion, the radio hosts–at the very least–should be fired, and maybe even charged with a crime.
What do you think? Are the DJs at fault? Should they be charged with something?
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Jacqueline Wilson is a prime parent, wife, published author and freelance writer. She writes here, on Prime Parents’ Club, and on her observational parenting humor blog, WritRams.com: Writer Ramblings on Parenting Imperfectly. Follow her on Twitter as @WritRams and on her Facebook page. She recently wrote an e-Book on the REAL truth about how blogs make money. She recently started Project Purse Club, a support and networking group dedicated to changing the way women treat each other in business and blogging.Subscribe
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