Bowled over by radio prank
Sammy
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
By Sydney Confidential
A JUNIOR 2SM newsreader has been caught out by an office prankster, who
switched her script, resulting in a raunchy version of an alleged
assault going live-on-air.
Audio of the newsclip from last Friday's breakfast bulletin, in which
Victoria Owens describes the attack in a Brisbane suburb, was the
centre of much mirth yesterday, when circulated widely around Sydney
via email.
In the police item, Owens says a 53-year-old woman was standing on a
street corner "when a man grabbed her on the crotch and a . . . like a
bowling ball."
Without skipping a beat, the newsreader continued to read the obviously
altered bulletin calling for public assistance.
A 2SM spokesman apologised yesterday, defending Owen - who is
well-liked and respected by her peers - for "being a pro and
continuing on with the bulletin". A distressed Owens said she "didn't
notice it was there (in her script) until it was too late. I know it's
been circulating, but I've been trying to have it stopped."
The newsreader of just 18 months was apparently set-up by former 2SM
news editor, Christine O'Maley, who had resigned and was "playing
practical jokes on her last day," a management spokesman said.
While the practice of swapping scripts or using fake names in radio
bulletins is apparently widespread, the prime time of this broadcast
pricked the ears of 2SM's radio rivals who are believed to have
circulated the broadcast "blooper".
Ironically, the bulletin was only broadcast on regional radio due to
budget cutbacks.
Audio: Hear the 2SM "report" at
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/radiogaffe/mp3/radiogaffe.mp3
gru...@mailinator.com
> December 30, 2006 12:00
> Article from: The Daily Telegraph
> By Sydney Confidential
>
> A JUNIOR 2SM newsreader has been caught out by an office prankster, who
> switched her script, resulting in a raunchy version of an alleged
> assault going live-on-air.
Anyone have a link to the audio of this?
hottie
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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/radiogaffe/mp3/radiogaffe.mp3
HTH.
Cassie.
LandLord
"Sammy" <samuella...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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I thought that news readers would have to pre-read reports to check for
pronunciation etc; and query that segment. I would have given her one hell
of a bollocking if not the sack!!
Artie Ziff
LandLord wrote:
>
> I thought that news readers would have to pre-read reports to check for
> pronunciation etc; and query that segment. I would have given her one hell
> of a bollocking if not the sack!!
I thought news readers at least edited their bulletans, so it fit
their style of reading... Obviously not.
But that was too funny though.
Becko
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She probably did mate.. but then it was switched last minute.
Funny audio, has happened to all of us at one stage of our career. I
remember the boys in Lismore in my first year of radio, switched my weather
saying there was a cyclone in Parkes.
mickijon...@gmail.com
joke is about a rape victim. I find that disgusting. A 2SM staff member
emailed it to me and to plenty of others in the SuperRadio network
....so they started it. I like how Bill Carraralis always tries to
create the feeling that everything bad that happens at his station is
part of a big conspiracy of commercial rivals to get him. Nobody even
thinks about 2SM in the rest of the media.
The young girl should be sacked and they should offer an aplogoy to the
woman who was attacked. How disgusting that women are now making fun
about rape victims.
Sorry if I seem like a spoil sport on this but it's just below the
belt.
Micki Jones
sav
your the cretton here, I know some of the girls in the 2SM news room
and I think they do a stirling job in sometimes, well in almost
certainly difficult circumstances. The news reader is very distressed,
apparently when it it was pointed out to her she thought her career in
radio was over and staff members had to console her. She is even more
distressed its being emailed world wide by fools like you.
O'malley is going to print i believe and i can't wait for the print
boys to do their usual new guy practice jokes on her. She might need
some new clothes after that. O'malley needs to appoligise because it
was her that edited the script. You also can't appoligise to the rape
victim by name as their are laws against identifying sexual assault
victims.
Before you start slamming 2SM I don't see many of the others taking on
the number of cadet journos that 2SM does.
Rob Adams
Yes there was one in the post you responded to.
Rob.
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Radio Girl
> Before you start slamming 2SM I don't see many of the others taking on
> the number of cadet journos that 2SM does.
>
Yes, Bill Caralis is God's gift to journalism training... Come on, give
me a break. Have you HEARD a 2SM regional bulletin lately? It's bloody
awful!!
There are many cadet journos at 2SM because that is the cheapest way to
run the newsroom. Training doesn't come into it. It's the same as
everywhere else: on the job education, sink or swim, no mentoring
unless you know the right arse to kiss and when.
As for the joke itself, I don't consider that to be very funny. If
you're going to play a prank, at least have the sense to pick an
appropriate bulletin.
hottie
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>
>> Before you start slamming 2SM I don't see many of the others taking
>> on
>> the number of cadet journos that 2SM does.
>>
>
> Yes, Bill Caralis is God's gift to journalism training... Come on,
> give
> me a break. Have you HEARD a 2SM regional bulletin lately? It's bloody
> awful!!
>
> There are many cadet journos at 2SM because that is the cheapest way
> to
> run the newsroom. Training doesn't come into it. It's the same as
> everywhere else: on the job education, sink or swim, no mentoring
> unless you know the right arse to kiss and when.
Thanks, that explains why so many of them sound like they've just left
school.
Parrafan
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Harold
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>>
>> Audio: Hear the 2SM "report" at
>> http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/radiogaffe/mp3/radiogaffe.mp3
>>
> The audio appears to have been deleted, Are there any other links?
Try again. The link still works for me (as at 0300 on 1/1/07)
Wilfred Brimley
heard that! Best audio I've heard since Graeme "No mate, it's NOT
India" Gilbert!
Bill's commented to RadioInfo, there's a story up there, could someone
with access please paste the story here? I want to know what he had to
say - although I imagine it's the usual drivel about him being some
kind of hero for 'giving kids a start' in radio and the conspiracy
against 2SM in the rest of the industry.
He should take the news room out for a team building day to build
morale... they could go ten pin bowling?
Mattdridge
woman Christine Omalley, she is the one who should be villified, not
Victoria. What a horrible little mole to pull a stunt like that on a
young girl.
MediaWatcher
Well said
Wilfred Brimley
Really??? Have another listen to the audio. You can hear the enormous
smirk on Victoria's face from the very beginning of the bulletin, well
before the bowling ball line. I'm guessing it was a case of "Go on,
just read it, then blame it on me, I'm leaving".
But I can't help being a genius.
MediaWatcher
You've got about as much genius as Fitzgerald.
Wilfred Brimley
reference meant to make any sense to me?
Have another listen to the audio you absolute dimwit. She was in on it
from the start, grow a brain.
PS: James Yelland fucks dogs.
KeithA at ZFM Net Radio (http://www.zfm.com.au) and http://www.aussieseek.com
youd be so lucky
Ginger breadman
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Sack her and more like her. The latest round of radio news
presenters/reporters are atrocious especially the female type. The standard
across the board has dropped considerably.
Wilfred Brimley
> presenters/reporters are atrocious especially the female type. The standard
> across the board has dropped considerably.
WOAH!! Does this win the award for the most ignorant, vague, sweeping
generalisation of the year??
(Sure, it's only a week into the year, but...)
Wanna back this up with some examples or facts Pal? Because you come
across as a narrow-minded sack of shit who's been knocked back by a 2UE
reporter lately.
Also in your next post, please explain your role and contribution
within the Australian radio industry. Hopefully I'm not the only one
DYING to hear it.
Radio Girl
Wilfred Brimley wrote:
> > Sack her and more like her. The latest round of radio news
> > presenters/reporters are atrocious especially the female type. The standard
> > across the board has dropped considerably.
>
> WOAH!! Does this win the award for the most ignorant, vague, sweeping
> generalisation of the year??
>
I wouldn't have thought so. Ginger Breadman seems spot on to me. And
it's not just at 2SM either (where being young, female and an idiot
seem to help in getting a job). It's across the board.
And that's because the emphasis is on the wrong qualities.
Firstly, news editors are often not able to hire who they should or
want to because program directors get the final say, and go for who
sounds good, or "fits the station's sound", not realising they just
hired a bloke or gal who makes that guy from Dumb and Dumber look like
Albert Einstein.
Secondly, hiring decisions are heavily influenced by an applicant
having the "right" experience: if you have done a stint in regional
radio or at a sub-metro station, have a kick-ass demo, and know when
and how to call for a job, you'll be hired. There is little
investigation into whether or not a person can actually get the stories
(although that is maybe because radio news has turned into mainly
headlines reading, and has lost the reporting edge it once had). It's
assumed that once you have done your time elsewhere you should be able
to handle a metro newsroom.
Thirdly, metro stations especially do not train anymore. Don't count
2SM in this: they hire lots of cadets then pay them poorly and don't
give them any training in the newsroom. (And the old learn on the job,
sink or swim routine is NOT training). No, I'm talking about the ABC,
2GB and 2UE. Only 2GB seem to hire cadets nowadays, but you still have
to be young (eg: under 25) to be considered.
So don't make the mistake of thinking GB is commenting out of being
bitter and twisted.
He/she speaks the truth, Wilfred. I can vouch for it - and I am in the
media industry, so I have no axe to grind.