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| 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.'
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| 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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