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Yes it is horrible that an 18 year old lost their life but 1 death does not need a tabloid crusade.
Condolences to all friends and family, horrific time for them.
As regards coverage, not often we see stories about the harm alcohol does, but then that’s a taxed drug generating income for newspapers. Class surely has a lot to do with why this is front page news too. Cant see how media coverage would be any good for friends and family ; can’t understand that aspect of such coverage; seems cruel. Surprised the IT is covering it.
Why would you be surprised that the IT covered it? The IT lost its paper of record status years ago, and is on more than nodding status with gutter journalism on numerous stories in the last few years.
All the Irish times is missing is a red banner at the top these days.
Why is the IT getting a hard time for covering this when it’s not actually covering this?
It’s because she’s an attractive young woman, papers frequently plaster the over the cover in these situations. Young people have been dying from bad E for a long time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome has a good overview
‘Bad E’, otherwise known as ‘Not E’
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It’s a tragedy for her family, such a huge loss.
On the topic of media coverage, if this happened to a not-so-attractive northside girl, would it be front page news?
Perhaps but the inference would be that it was her own fault. And it would be front page on the broadsheet papers as a veiled chastising of the working class.
Well it wasn’t anyone else’s fault…
headline: “ecstasy”
article: “PMMA” ie. not ecstasy.
of course, little-known toxic chemical doesn’t have the same hysterical sensationalism as “dodgy ecstasy” or “killer batch”
Do people ask for ecstasy or PMMA? Tha’t s a genuine question, not some sort of snarky way to make a point. I don’t know what the kids do be at with these days.
Neither I would imagine.
I would think they ask for a ‘pill’, or something to that effect.
In a more sensible world, they would know exactly what they are taking.
The current state of affairs mean they take what they are given.
Remember when your parents told you not to eat the sweets given to you by strangers? Still applies as you get older unfortunately.
Working class tabloids all over teen death. Middle class broadsheets prefer to look the other way.
So, not turning it into some intentionally irresponsibly misdirected sensationalist ‘e’ story on the front page means they are not covering it.
You’re better than that Mr T
It is being reported this morn that this is not a case of bad drugs but more then likely another very sad case of sudden adult death syndrome.
1. Poor girl and her family.
2. Great pic on the Guardian
3. Really thought that was a wedding pic on the Examiner.
The Garda Síochána will succeed, not by force of arms or numbers,
but by their moral authority as servants of the people.”
Commissioner Michael Staines (1885-1955), First Commissioner of An Garda Síochána.
I know a woman in her early 40s who spikes her friends drinks with MDMA. She’s also done it to a couple of more distant female members of her social group in the hope of copping a good old feel. She’s a perv. Right weirdo. She’ll get her reward some day soon.
WTF? time to call the Garda on your buddy there.
with friends like these …