On Friday, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was found dead at the age of 61 of an apparent suicide.
That’s probably as far as any of the media needed to go in their reporting, especially when it comes to a headline (let’s face it, most people just read the headline and then react). But even Fox News was quick to sensationalize how he committed suicide in their reporting, which was very disappointing.
Anthony Bourdain, CNN host and celebrity chef, hanged himself with bathrobe belt https://t.co/h7BxZo9JA8
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 9, 2018
Bethany Mandel tweeted about this far better than we can possibly write it … her thread is so damn good.
Read.
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005623329796034560?s=21
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005623854671245312
Some of us care but fair point.
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005624037018603525
Bingo.
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005625038270328832
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005628728796426242
Our heart breaks reading her story.
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005628986163154944
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005629287196741632
These poor kids.
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005629574657511430
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005629910772342784
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005630182802317317
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Twitchy them.
Yup.
How should the media report on suicides?
— Travis Glover (@1975jetsfan4) June 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1005631159156559873
Take note, media.
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