By Sheila Mckenzie-
The Sun Newspaper must regret teasing Caroline Flack on the eve of her suicide in what was unarguably an insensitive post. The paper owe her family an apology.
In a now-deleted article published a day before Flack’s death, the Uk’s best read Sun Online depicted a Valentine’s Day card that mocked the star with an ‘I’ll f*** lamp you’ message. Its coverage also included photos of the bloody scene of the alleged assault and the headline ‘Flack, Sack and Whack for ITV’ in a front-page story about Flack stepping down from Love Island.
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When a celebrity or anybody commits an offence, it is natural to expect coverage from the press. However, there is a level of mocking that becomes bullying, and is unacceptable. That a national and well established publication like the Sun would use expletives to mock a depressed woman who acted in the heat of the moment is unacceptable. It shows why the press so easily print rubbish about celebrities sometimes. Celebrities as we know are far from perfect, but beating a battered woman down like this was terrible.
The Sun is one of the popular publications in the Uk, but there are always one or two people that that ruin a good image and influence quality people with their negative ideas which could appear entertaining at the time. The Sun is known for its broad range of sources and sensational stories, but every media outlet must have boundaries to maintain its full integrity,
24 hours had barely passed when I was been asked my opinion about both The Sun Online and the Metro publishing a headline news story in which British boxer, Tyson Fury, spoke carelessly about oral sex as part of his way of promoting his boxing fight with Deontey Wilder. The two publications were quick to highlight Fury’s obscene comments as headline news. The media are aware of the boxer’s documented mental health issues was sufficient reason to expect them not to glorify his ill conceived comments. It was now Caroline Flack’s turn to be poked fun at when she was clearly suffering from mental illness of some sort.
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The sad thing is that it appears clickbaiting stories are more important for many sections of the media, than the more important principle of responsible journalism. Mocking Caroline Flack on valentine’s day when the media knew the turmoil she was going through was very bad.
The Sun Online knew she had acted in rage because she believed her boyfriend was cheating on her, making valentine’s day a very difficult day for her. Mocking her was just awful, and there is no saying how it affected her mind if she saw the article, which she must have seen. It takes seconds for any celebrity to put their name in google and read what is being published about them.
The Sun Online owe her Caroline Flack’s family an apology, even if they are not to be blame for her death. It means that they could have worsened her mood of depression in a way that influenced her bad judgement.
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