Brisbane Courier-Mail - is this journalism ?

[pct001wine]

I won't put a link as it is too disrespectful, but you may know of the recent murder/suicide in Brisbane.  It's easy to google.

The Courier-Mail ran a highly sensationalist and salacious front page which highlighted the murdered woman's occupation and her LBGT status - both of which were totally irrelevant to the murder.   It was also in contravention of the paper's own Code of Conduct, which clearly they have no issue in ignoring.

I urge you to condemn this sort of behavious by this media outlet - even sign the petition on change.org if you want.   News Corp are a disgrace and people wonder why we need a balanced media.

[cherry*135]

Yes, it was disgraceful. Even the bit at the bottom of the article which gave the phone number for Lifeline (suicide). As the husband fled &committed suicide after police came to his apartment. Totally ignored the domestic violence.

Courier Mail has apologised..too little, too late?

[karliandjacko]

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@am*3 wrote:

Yes, it was disgraceful. Even the bit at the bottom of the article which gave the phone number for Lifeline (suicide). As the husband fled &committed suicide after police came to his apartment. Totally ignored the domestic violence.

Courier Mail has apologised..too little, too late?

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If you could call their pathetic little effort an apology.

[cherry*135]

Yeah, they should know better.

[boris1gary]

Heres a link to the petition about it

https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/womens-rights/violence-misreported/violence-against-women-tell-th...

and another story about that "newspaper"

http://www.independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/senate-inquiry-into-queensland-govt-re...

[freddie*rooster]

Did they say how long ago the women had her sex change?

The reason I ask, when I was in Hospital at St Vincents in Sydney there was a male patient going through the process, he had developed abcess's due to the hormon changes. He had the same facial features as this women my recollection they would pass for one and the same.

[boris1gary]

they didn't actually apologise

A News Corp publication has acknowledged the widespread condemnation of its coverage of a transgender woman's vicious murder in Brisbane, but stopped short of apologising for its coverage.

The Courier-Mail acknowledged in an editorial that headlines labelling murder victim Mayang Prasetyo a "she-male" and "ladyboy" caused many to believe it "presented Mayang's story in a way that was disrespectful to her memory".

However, the newspaper stopped short of the public apology demanded by nearly 22,000 people who have signed an online petition on change.org  so far.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/we-didnt-mean-to-diminish-shemale-couriermail-20141008-10...

[icyfroth]

I didn't see it as particularly disrespectful.

It was a report about the background to the murder/suicide. An insight into what might have triggered it.

All very sordid, but that's what sells newspapers.

[the_great_she_elephant]

I bet (hope)  Paul Barry will have something to say about it on Media Watch next week.

[boris1gary]

from getup

Media reporting plays a critical role in setting the tone for community attitudes to violence against women — for better or for worse. Let's ensure our sources of news not only apologise for their gross misjudgements in recent weeks, but are also properly briefed about how to cover domestic violence incidences in the future. Sign the petition here: https://www.getup.org.au/the-right-story

Today's revolting and disrespectful coverage by The Courier Mail is just one more egregious example of victim shaming. It highlights a much broader problem in our society – reporting of domestic violence incidences, which place blame and focus on the victims, instead of the perpetrators. It's stories like this one that perpetuate negative community attitudes instead of creating needed change.

Just two weeks ago, the Sydney Morning Herald reported the horrific murders of Kim Hunt and her three children in the community of Lockhart. How did they choose to tell the story? "Police believe unbearable strain and hardship brewed within quiet grain farmer Geoff Hunt, following a car crash that left his wife Kim disabled."

Language like this, though subtle, is incredibly damaging to society's attitudes towards men's violence against women.

Both of these case studies follow on the heels of the launch of a new national domestic violence prevention initiative which has experts highlighting the need for an attitudinal change if we are to have a real chance of reducing violence against women.3 The coverage we saw today is a disappointing step backwards, but that doesn't mean we can let them off the hook.