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I don’t think it’s necessarily about ascribing “blame” in relation to either Jeremy Kyle or Love Island.
It feels a bit grim to start discussing causes and motivations for suicide - but of course if Love Island played a part in Sophie’s death and that then played a part in her partner’s death, it can’t be discounted as a factor - even indirectly. That doesn’t place blame or accountability with Love Island - just recognises that it had a place in both their lives and thus it affected them in some way.
I suppose it’s a wider look at what it is about these shows that people experience as a result. I don’t honestly think there is a finite number of outcomes - and few we’ll have insight into anyway. Who knows what it is about Jeremy Kyle that might have been a factor in one person out of thousands committing suicide.
I don’t think we can indefinitely hold anyone to blame for someone’s independent actions. But sure, we should look at due care and what these shows are learning and changing as a result.
And in the case of Jeremy Kyle, maybe it will make companies more aware of exploiting angst and distress, minimising it as something to mock and laugh at and then sending people back on their way. It shouldn’t have taken a suicide for people to realise that isn’t great, even just on a fundamentally human level.
It feels a bit grim to start discussing causes and motivations for suicide - but of course if Love Island played a part in Sophie’s death and that then played a part in her partner’s death, it can’t be discounted as a factor - even indirectly. That doesn’t place blame or accountability with Love Island - just recognises that it had a place in both their lives and thus it affected them in some way.
I suppose it’s a wider look at what it is about these shows that people experience as a result. I don’t honestly think there is a finite number of outcomes - and few we’ll have insight into anyway. Who knows what it is about Jeremy Kyle that might have been a factor in one person out of thousands committing suicide.
I don’t think we can indefinitely hold anyone to blame for someone’s independent actions. But sure, we should look at due care and what these shows are learning and changing as a result.
And in the case of Jeremy Kyle, maybe it will make companies more aware of exploiting angst and distress, minimising it as something to mock and laugh at and then sending people back on their way. It shouldn’t have taken a suicide for people to realise that isn’t great, even just on a fundamentally human level.
