Portland's 11 year old's suicide attempt sparks outpouring of support, bullying concerns
https://fox17.com/news/local/portland-11-year-olds-suicide-attempt-sparks-outpouring-of-support-bullying-concerns-tennessee-nashville-suicide-awarness-bullying-awareness-google-trends
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gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 341d
So, I'm all in favor of fighting back against bullying (although any information about who was bullying this poor girl and why is conspicuously absent from this article), and I get that this article is trying to raise awareness of donation efforts to help this family pay for their medical bills (and, like, the fact that this family needs to think through doing a public fundraiser for their daughter's healthcare is an outrage), but it feels really icky to put her face and name out there without getting her consent.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 11 pts · 341d
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Really icky, agreed.
linkinkampf19@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 341d
Not the Portland I was expecting. Didn't know there was one in Tennessee. Also the amount of prayer language in this article is concerning. Feel bad for the kiddo from all angles.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 341d
Twice... It was mentioned twice as quotes from family.
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 341d
Yeah, I agree that religion overreaches a lot of the time. But this is just reporting a fact about how the family is coping.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 18 pts · 341d
Would any Fox affiliate post a story about one of the many kids who have been bullied to the point of suicide for being gay, or trans, or a person of color?
jellyfish@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 341d
They'd definitely post a story of a trans kid attempting suicide, to point out how trans people are crazy...
Substance_P@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 341d
Is FOX trying to somehow spin a story about Portland Oregon hoping nobody would notice that it's Portland Tennessee?
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 341d
This is a local Tennessee TV station.
IDK if you’re American or not, but local US stations, even the Fox affiliates, are usually quite wholesome and nice (often in the face of their Sinclair ownership). They couldn’t be more different than national news channels.
And, naturally, they are a dying breed :(
Substance_P@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 341d
Point taken, I was confused by the headline and only realized that it was Portland Tennessee when I opened the article.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 341d
It’s understandable.
One has to wonder how the Fox brand is impacting these little stations.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 341d
Local TV in the South US in NOT wholesome. Those political commercials are awful. They are mostly atill owned by the large conglomerates IIRC.
Bort@hilariouschaos.com · -3 pts · 341d
This is terrible but is it news?
AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 341d
Yes, it is.