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RSS FeedsWhat Christine Chubbuck`s Suicide Says About Today`s Media Landscape
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26 march 2017 05:38:44

 
What Christine Chubbuck`s Suicide Says About Today`s Media Landscape
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When Christine Chubbuck, a 29-year-old reporter for a Florida television station, put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger in the middle of a live broadcast on July 15, 1974, she framed it as a protest against the increasing sensationalism of TV news. "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color," she said into the camera, "you are going to see another first: attempted suicide." By some estimates, only a few hundred people were watching as Chubbuck pilled the trigger. But decades later, her case and her death still fascinate us, and a new movie – titled simply Christine – tries to get to the...


 
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