Maybe it's just me

[tinpra]

But does the media have to pick apart and pseudo-psychoanalyze the truly tragic death of Tyler Clementi? If you don't know, Clementi is the young man who killed himself after a video of him having sex with another student was posted online. Within a week of the story break (I believe) he had jumped from the George Washington bridge that connects New Jersey and New York. It came up today at work, and I was really struck by the awfulness of it. This morning hearing it on the radio (again) I was surprised, this afternoon hearing it from my coworker and friend I was struck by it. But does that mean that CNN needs to pick the young man's death apart? Whether his suicide is directly related to the sex video--as it seems to be--or if there were other deep-seated issues and this was the proverbial straw that broke him, it doesn't matter. He was an 18 year old kid and he committed suicide. Really, that's tragic enough. I'm sure his family and friends would rather not have him picked apart on the couch of public analysis.