After a sudden, shocking event, it's time to connect again

By Katharine Murphy
December 10 2012 - 10:24am

So unspeakably awful. Can a prank call by a couple of commercial radio ''funsters'' from Australia really have triggered a woman's suicide in London? The randomness is shocking. A call that wasn't supposed to get through gets through. A conversation that wasn't supposed to happen happens. Radio ratings gold and high-fives all round. Everyone so caught up in the caper that no one imagines what could possibly go wrong. It's all just a lark, and stunningly effective; global notoriety in five ½ seconds.

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