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Celebrity deaths force media to examine suicide reporting

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By DAVID BAUDER

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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.

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You can report on these deaths without going into detail on the methods they used and, especially, details of suicide notes.

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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.

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