Last night I was driving home, and I put on WEBN, our local rock n' roll station. I apparently missed something, because the DJ seemed really disturbed about something. He had people calling in, asking them to give their earliest memories of Ozzy Osbourne and his music. The callers were crying, I could barely make them out. Then the DJ says "for those of you just tuning in, I have some very sad news. Ozzy Osbourne has died." I was distraught. I clicked off the radio, a tear collecting around the edge of my eye. I drove home in silence, bitterly disappointed, thinking about Ozzy. I get home, turn the radio station back on, and it turns out it was a scam. The DJ said that Ozzy is alive now, but died. WEBN used passive voice to describe how Ozzy flat-lined on the operating table once or twice since his accident, but is okay. So here is our local radio station, playing a prank on the greater Cincinnati area, basically faking Ozzy's death. I checked online, and there were of course no reliable sources that mentioned his death. There are some people in my hometown who still think he's dead! I mean, people were calling in, bawling their eyes out, and here WEBN thinks they're above everyone, and can do this. It really bothered me, but a lot of people think it is no big deal. What do you guys think of this?
