Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Hoax CEO Explains Death To Shareholders: “S**T Happens”

Max Moore-Wilton
The chairman of the Aussie radio station behind the hoax 'royal call' that resulted in the death of duped nurse Jacintha Saldanha crudely brushed the incident off  by declaring to shareholders that 's*** happens', according to The Daily Mail.

At the annual meeting of shareholders of Southern Cross Media - owners of Sydney radio station 2Day FM - in Melbourne today, chairman Max Moore-Wilton tried to play down the controversy with a crude, casual throw-away line.

'These incidents were unfortunate, no doubt about that,' he said.

'But in the immortal words of someone whose identity I cannot recall, s*** happens.'

Mel Greig, Michael Christian, Jacintha Saldanha
It was last December that presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian called King Edward VII hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles.

Mrs. Saldanha failed to see through their poor impersonations and transferred them through to another nurse who revealed some details about her condition.

Three days later Jacintha Saldanha was found hanged at her London accommodation.
Only two months ago, it emerged that in one of the three letters she left, Mrs Saldanha directly accused the two Australian DJs of driving her to her death.

Shareholders were told that revenue from the company's metropolitan radio stations, which include the 2Day FM and Triple M networks, fell last year due due to scandals involving presenter Kyle Sandilands - who on one occasion called an editor a 'fat slag' - and what the company called 'the UK incident'.

The company suspended all advertising on 2Day FM after the royal hoax scandal, but it did not prevent chief executive Rhys Holleran's total pay rising by more than $350,000 to $1.66 million during the last financial year.

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