Andrew Sach Prank Call

In 2008 Russel Brand and Johnathan Ross made a prank call to Andrew Sach and left three answer phone messages containing inapropiate content.  This prank call was made during a BBC radio broadcast.  In my opinion the Brand and Ross went too far with what they left on his answer phone.  One inparticualar was when Ross said "He fucked your granddaughter... I'm sorry I apologise. Andrew, I apologise, I got excited, what can I say - it just came out."  This cotains inapropiate language which people find a offensive to Andrew Sach. 

Ofcom fined Brand and Ross £150,000 for broadcasting this this prank call.  They fined them under the code of explicit, intimate and confidential" information about Sach's Granddaughter and Sachs in both programmes without their consent.  the BBC was fined £70,000 for breaching generally accepted standards and £80,000 for breaking rules surrounding the adequate protection for members of the public from unwarranted infringements of privacy.In my opinion I think the Ofcom was right to fine them that much.  I think this because they broke many of their rules (code), also the things they said was innapropiate towards Andrew Sach.  I think this case does highlight that media does need to be regualated because it will have an effect in the long term because other radio hosts will watch what they say whist on air because they wont want to get fined.