From: "Mark" 

The last blurb I saw indicated that 10 employees had been fired, but not
the general manager of the station -- he should have been the first to be
fired and should bear the highest cost in both the criminal and civil
suits.

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:45b2f64f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Besides their firing the radio show hosts should be prosecuted for
> manslaughter
>
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070118.wwaterintox0118/B
NStory/International/home
> As participants in KDND-FM's water-drinking contest chugged bottle after
> bottle, a listener called in to warn the disc jockeys that the stunt could
> be fatal.
>
> "Yeah, we're aware of that," one of them responded.
>
> Another DJ said with a laugh: "Yeah, they signed releases, so we're not
> responsible. We're OK."
>
> Authorities decided to pursue the investigation after listening to a tape
> of the show, obtained by The Sacramento Bee, during which DJs joked about
> the possible dangers of consuming too much water, sheriff's spokesman Sgt.
> Tim Curran said. At one point, the DJs even alluded to a college student
> who died during a similar stunt in 2005.
>
>
> "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> news:vmr5r29sr7at322a4pd7m5mo55efir5pmh{at}4ax.com...
>> Right up there with the radio show water-drinking contest that killed a
>> woman last week...
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:11:04 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
>>  wrote in message
:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bigbrother.html?in_ar
ticle_id=429432&in_page_id=1894
>>>
>>>The Big Brother race row exploded into an international incident today as
>>>India formally protested about the racist bullying of Bollywood star
>>>Shilpa
>>>Shetty.
>>>
>>>Effigies of the show's organisers were burned on the streets and in
>>>Britain
>>>it provoked over 20,000 official complaints - making it the most
>>>controversial programme in television history.
>>>
>>>Treasury minister Ed Balls said he was "ashamed" and
added: "The image it
>>>projects of Britain around the world is appalling."
>>>
>>>His boss Gordon Brown, on a visit to India, condemned the bullying, led
>>>by
>>>Jade Goody, which has seen Shetty, 31, described as a
"dog" and told to
>>>pick
>>>chicken bones from the lavatory with her teeth.
>>>
>>>Channel 4 chiefs are now under huge pressure to intervene but remained
>>>silent today.
>>>
>>>Asian MP Keith Vaz said they were "hiding behind a
statement" and told
>>>them
>>>they must act to end the race row.
>>>
>>>Indian junior foreign minister Anand Sharm said there would be a formal
>>>complaint and added: "Racism has no place in civilised
society."
>>>
>>>Followed by: "We are awaiting a report about the show. The
government
>>>will
>>>take appropriate measures once it gets to know the full details.
>>>
>>>The Chancellor, visiting Bangalore, said the bullying was
"offensive" and
>>>diplomats said it was causing genuine damage to Britain's standing and
>>>reputation in India.
>>>
>>>In PMQ's Tony Blair spoke out against racism "in all its
forms" after
>>>complaints about the treatment of one of the Celebrity Big Brother
>>>housemates.
>>>
>>
>
>

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