Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuch. There's that poetic justice thing. Well, maybe that's not the right term for it, but this is a grade-A example of someone getting pw3nd.
no, i didn't, lycean ... because most people who are accused of doing something serious that they DID NOT do usually stick up for themselves rather quickly!
That was halerious. I agree that she probably did do it, though I would have loved to have heard her reaction. As ladybug says, if she hadn't done it she would have said something like "what in the world are you talking about" not "uhh uhh umm"
in terms of libel law, accusing a woman of being unchaste is particularly slanderous. so i suspect the lawyers at the radio station had reasonable evidence before they went ahead with this. well deserved, imho.
pipp3355 in terms of libel law, accusing a woman of being unchaste is particularly slanderous. so i suspect the lawyers at the radio station had reasonable evidence before they went ahead with this. well deserved, imho.
Also keep in mind that this is in the UK -- no country in the world comes even close to matching the US's litigiousness.
Those people who said the whole thing was a fake are right on the money. I have received a letter from OFCOM. The relevant paragraph in their letter says.
'On this occasion, after obtaining a copy of the recording, the station informed us that the recipient of the call was not Angie but a member of staff who pretended to be her in a pre-recorded segment. While listeners would have been unaware of this at the time, as the 'real' Angie was not the recipient of the call we would be unable to consider a complaint about the call being unfair to her.'
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I REAAAALLLLLLY hope he wasn't wrong about his base cheating assumption on that one.
in terms of libel law, accusing a woman of being unchaste is particularly slanderous. so i suspect the lawyers at the radio station had reasonable evidence before they went ahead with this. well deserved, imho.
Also keep in mind that this is in the UK -- no country in the world comes even close to matching the US's litigiousness.
The first thing she asks after finding out it's an engagement ring is "how much is it worth?"
yeah, thats sad, I noticed that....
Apparently its been a bit debated this one, as the rules for *british radio require consent (you cannot just "pretend" to be someone else) so the offical line is (taken from http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=104a53275d8db2f172afd9fc2dafa272&t=532631&page=2)
Those people who said the whole thing was a fake are right on the money. I have received a letter from OFCOM. The relevant paragraph in their letter says.
'On this occasion, after obtaining a copy of the recording, the station informed us that the recipient of the call was not Angie but a member of staff who pretended to be her in a pre-recorded segment. While listeners would have been unaware of this at the time, as the 'real' Angie was not the recipient of the call we would be unable to consider a complaint about the call being unfair to her.'
so comedy *viral I guess now