Celebrity suicide coverage is so horrible, so insensitive that I can't find words. It's like there aren't real people involved; that there aren't so many more suffering now; that a child's life has not just been devastated. No, let's just do a marathon. Good for ratings, I guess.
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Talking about tough issues is good; it could've been an opportunity. But you need to bring in some experts here and treat people as real people, not as content to fill time and pages with. The romanticization is big part of what fuels suicidal ideation, and we've had nothing but.
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Didn't watch that but the only sensible thing is coverage that focuses on survivors and loved ones. The romanticization of the person as a celebrity when what's in front of us is a tremendous tragedy of real human beings is atrocious and irresponsible.https://twitter.com/wolfeb99/status/1005828476878741504 …
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Yes. As the article explains, and as tons of research shows, It's absolutely possible to drastically reduce suicide rates; however, what has happened in the last week has been exactly the opposite of what needs to happen to reduce the rate of this tragedy.https://twitter.com/DrSarteschi/status/1005830297424945152 …
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And then there is the ghoulish spectre of the ads running next to sensationalist, counterproductive suicide coverage. Hard to believe ads run like this, but they do.https://twitter.com/zacharylipton/status/1005826531883659265 …
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The only thing that's been barely observed is a lip-service addition of the help-line at the end of articles/coverage. It is so inexcusable as the research is clear; the guidelines are clear. The ratings, the money, the insensitivity trumps responsibility.https://twitter.com/kellymcb/status/1005053905678557184 …
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It's the way it goes, unfortunately. While coverage can be more tasteful, I'm not sure that it will mitigate risk of copycat suicide. And keeping talking about talking about talking about talking about talking about it is... just the same.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_suicide …
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I think many of us are just feeling horrible, beaten down, economically desperate and paralyzed with fear at the current political hopelessness on the center and right. I don't think media is the main factor for the spike, rather how horrifying things have gotten in the states.
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Check the research, then. Media is absolutely a factor.
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All media is a whore for advertising revenue via eyeballs.
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