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"There is no way we would want to go down that path or put that girl in that situation …" she said.

But Jackie, you did put her in that situation.

Sandilands righteousness indignation was expressed in Punch:

“… what should have been dealt with as her private situation ended up being one of the biggest news stories of the day,” said the man trying to reinvent himself as Mr Care Bear.

But he had no hesitations conducting an intrusive and insensitive inquiry into a minor’s sexual history. Research shows that sexually active children of this age are often dealing with serious problems such as family breakdown and parental dysfunction, substance abuse, psychological problems and coerced sex.

Kyle and Jackie barging in with their intimidating lie detector were never going to be able to sensitively handle any of this.

Sandilands seems to have a complete inability to accept responsibility for what happened. It’s all about nasty people out to get him and spoil his fun show.

This episode is not an unfortunate slip up. The program has a sordid history of sexual stunts.

According to MediaWatch, in past lie detector episodes "contestants have had their honesty tested on subjects like STD's; m-sturbation; an-l s-x; threesomes; and eating f-eces during s-x."

Then there was “Kyle and Jackie O's Vaginey Line-Up!” in which program guest Vince was given 10 seconds to identify his girlfriend’s genitals from four naked women.

On May 6 this year, Kyle and his male radio announcer buddies (in a show syndicated around the country) held a competition in the station office to see who could masturbate the fastest and who had the largest sperm count.

With armloads of porn, they were sent to cordoned off toilets. One of the players returned and wiped his “sticky” hand through Jackie’s hair.

The photo gallery on the 2Day FM website declared, “See Jackie get a hairful, take a closer look at Geoff’s shirt after the incident ... there is a definite stain!! And see Kyle finish first!”

Perhaps someone should take another look at self-regulation. There's not much of it to be found on the Kyle and Jackie O Show, where children like Rachel are preyed upon, treated as mere fodder for entertainment and ratings.