I love how the press get so righteously indignant over a harmless phone call
when the only reason it reached the point where someone topped themselves over is was the constant spewed press bullshit about the whole thing.

Mind you, I think the reason they might be in trouble is that they have "form" for this kind of thing, including getting a 14 year old girl on air and quizzing her about her sex life for a laugh. Including when she was raped aged 12. Apparently.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 10:31, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Yeah I read about that.
The rape thing just kind of came out, much to the hosts horror. You'd think they'd have learned something from that.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 10:33, Reply)

yeah, you would
but still, the whole reason this is even an issue is the press. To hound a woman to suicide and then press for someone else to go to prison for it is such a staggering level of hypocrisy and lack of self awareness you'd think that Leveson had achieved nothing.

Oh, right. Yeah.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 10:36, Reply)

Press in rampant hypocrisy shocker!

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 10:44, Reply)

The press hypocrisy on this has been staggering.
I've worked in enough places looking after people who 'of public interest' to know that there's not one of the sanctimonious pricks who hasn't attempted to access confidential information from a hospital by pretending to be a relative.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 11:04, Reply)