how to tackle any problem: shut down the internet

Mar 19, 2008 22:09

Apparently there's been a bunch of suicides in Bridgend, Wales. It's hard to tell if it's abnormal without studying statistics on the subject, but the current google results tell me 17 suicides "since the start of last year" (let's pick an arbitrary starting point to compress our data, right?) There seems to be some debate over whether the 17 ( Read more... )

stupidity, t.v., doomed

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mopti March 20 2008, 09:51:09 UTC
I wonder if Sky News is following the NUJ guidelines on the reporting of suicide, which are intended to avoid attracting attention to suicide in a way that might prompt vulnerable people to attempt it.

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waider March 20 2008, 22:36:52 UTC
Sky? Following guidelines? Are you kidding?

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