Media Single Out Gay Bullying in Reporting Teen Suicides
Whether its laziness or the intentional furthering of a leftwing agenda, the facts remain: The media continue to promulgate the link between gay teen bullying and suicide among teens, failing to highlight other leading causes.
Forbes.com reported that on October 19, Facebook announced it has joined with MTV and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in a “Network of Support” to combat gay cyber-bulling. This comes after more than three weeks of nation-wide stories highlighting the death of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers student who took his own life after learning his sexual encounter with another male was broadcast over the internet.
> Because suicide is the third leading cause of death among people aged 15-24, it is vital that the media accurately report on the issue with sensitivity, and comprehension. Depression, parental divorce, death of a loved one, and alcohol and drug abuse, are leading causes for teen suicide. While homosexual bullying has taken the spotlight recently, tragic as it is, it’s only one reason and not a major contributor to the overall number of teen suicides.
In three news articles found on cbsnews.com, abcnews.com, and msnbc.com about gay bullying and teen suicides, there was not one mention other teen suicide risk factors.
“The emphasis on bullying is both good and bad,” Thomas Joiner, a clinical psychologist and Florida State University suicide researcher told the Houston Chronicle. “The good part is: It's a public health problem that causes a lot of problems … The bad part, though, is that it encourages our tendency – which we already have – to think simplistically about suicide as if bullying caused that. Well, it was one factor. Keep in mind 33,000 of our fellow Americans are dead this year from suicide. Very few of them were bullied.”
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention encourages the media to report suicides in a respectful and straight-forward manner. “Research has shown that graphic, sensationalized or romanticized descriptions of suicide deaths in the news media can contribute to suicide contagion, popularly referred to as ‘copycat’ suicides. Media reports on suicide can also be a source of misinformation; for example, when suicide is attributed in a single event such as the loss of a job or a relationship, with no mention of underlying factors such as the individual’s depression, substance abuse, or lack of access to treatment for these conditions.”
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The obvious implication is
Submitted by snaggletoothie on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 5:29pm.
The obvious implication is that the media is increasing the numbers of gay teen suicides with their hysterical and dishonest reporting. But the MSM is ok with it because it increases their audience?
The Bible is very easily
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 5:43pm.
The Bible is very easily understood on this subject. God gives them over to reprobate mind, warped conscience. That is the reason they commit suicide.
Like I have said before when they face God at the judgement there will be no excuse for their actions. God accepts no excuses. You stand before Him on what you did not what somebody else did. Can't blame it on bullies or Christians.
So according to the media...
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 5:53pm.
Only gay teens committ suicide? Or is it that only the gay teens committiing suicide matter and the others are inconsequential?
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
The others are definitely inconsequential; the media
Submitted by Ponsonby Britt on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 6:54pm.
merely using dead homosexual teens to further a perversity-celebrating agenda. Hate to say it, but they'll get theirs in the end.
Last spring others were noted
Submitted by vaboxrboy on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 6:48pm.
The two girls who were bullied and killed themselves over Facebook posts was well covered in the news and new laws were even considered after the actions of one of the mothers of a girl caused one of the suicides.
Cyberbullying is an awful thing no matter who it causes to feel helpless. Instead of pointing fingers, reach out to young people and let them know things get better and they're not alone.
Why do we need to separate
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 6:57pm.
Why do we need to separate bullying gay teens from bullying in general? My son is straight and was bullied in high school to the point of being deeply depressed, and possibly suicidal. Is his suffering less important because he's not gay?
I think part of the problem is that there are few bounderies any more. On movies, and sometimes on t.v., just about anything is said and done. Look at the horrible things said about Sarah Palin, this opens the door for horrible things to be said about others. As a society we need to regain civility for everyone.
Oh, For Christsake...
Submitted by The7Sticks on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:04am.
It's always an agenda with the homosexuals, isn't it? Why back in the 1960s, it was an agenda of them uppity Negroes to get their civil rights because, Oh no, we can't have multiculturalism running prevalent and brainwashing our children and giving quotas so we can dominate the white folks.
I must be a little rusty in my thinking, but I think the empirical evidence is quite clear that homosexuality isn't a choice. If it were, then I suppose being colored is also a choice. Why don't we start by giving melanin treatment to turn black people white so we can cure them of their blackness? What's wrong about that? I was under the impression that you can cure gay people of their homosexuality...
And I thought I had grown more conservative in the last two months. I guess I take one step forward, yet everyone else takes two steps back.
The7Sticks, Sorry, you
Submitted by Liberallies on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:24am.
The7Sticks,
Sorry, you can't pick the color of your skin, however, homosexual or not, you CAN control who you have sex with or are you saying that human beings are animals that can't control their passions?
Oh, you'll come back with, but who are we to dictate who someone should fall in love with...hmmmm...using this logic, why would any woman or man be angered when their spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc cheats on them because they fell in love with someone else.
and as homosexual friends of mine have more than admitted to me, there is a militant gay movement. I have a Lesbian friend who fights them all the time, who is in fact not accepted by militant homosexuals because she doesn't want to force her homosexuality on others like they do.
My friend is quick to admit that there is a homosexual agenda driving by gay militants. It can be seen with GLAAD and their constant attacks against anything they deem anti-homosexual, like it just happened to Vince Vaughn.
It can be seen with homosexual groups who are invited into public schools and teach elementary school children, first graders to 8th graders about sex, heterosexual and homosexual, with incredibly graphic pictures, words, etc.
Your bogus comparison between
Submitted by mattm on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 1:12pm.
Your bogus comparison between issues of race and issues of homosexuality betrays either ignorance or a deliberate attempt to deceive and cloud the issue.
This insatiable desire for some folks to force the rest of us to accept homosexuality as "normal" when it's clearly not - a basic understanding of biology should tell you that - tells me that deep down they know they're wrong.
As for "bullying" - this is one of the tactics homosexuals use to recruit. Vunerable targets are identified and lured into a "gay" lifestyle. I know this is true because I've seen it happen.
There is hope, however.
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