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| Directive 7.9: Suicide |
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Directive 7.9: Suicide
Media should exercise the greatest restraint in a case of suicide. A suicide should not be the object of a news story, except in the following situations:
When it involves the public interest. When it concerns a public personality. When it concerns a person which is less known in public the suicide muss have a bearing on the function or reputation of that person. When the defunct or his relatives habe made the suicide public. When it is linked to a crime under police investigation. When it has the character of legitimate information aimed at alerting the public to an unresolved problem. When it provokes public debate. When it gives rise to rumours and accusations. In any case the news story should be restrainted to the elements of information which the public needs to understand it. It shouldn't contain any intimate oder discriminatory elements. In order to avoid suicides by imitation, media don't mention any details about the methode or product applicated.
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