I do have Netflix. I have no reason to watch a show on suicide, or why someone felt it was justifiable to give excuses for it. We won’t cover this on-air, as I don’t believe in giving publicity to suicide.
Interesting side note: We do not give “Nerd of the Year” honors to people who take their own lives. It’s just not appropriate to celebrate a life that was ended too early… no matter how great of a person they might be.
Boys ages 10-17 killed themselves at a much higher rate in the month after Netflix’s show about suicide was released in 2017. Researchers attribute an extra 195 deaths that year to the series.
Source: Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why,’ Study Says
