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© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Celebrity deaths force media to examine suicide reporting
By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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theFritzX
Never heard of the Poynter Institute. They should butt out instead of trying to impose yet more nanny pc limits on what the public can be informed from news events.
Luddite
You can report on these deaths without going into detail on the methods they used and, especially, details of suicide notes.
sourpuss
It’s been documented that suicide is contagious. Reporting on it inevitably leads to an uptick in the suicide rate. It’s no different from school shootings in this respect.