From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Besides their firing the radio show hosts should be prosecuted for manslaughter

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070118.wwaterintox0118/BNS
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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
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> 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_art
icle_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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