COMPARE AND CONTRAST... - Biased BBC

COMPARE AND CONTRAST...: "I have covered this on A Tangled Web but wanted to post it here as well.




It's a sad story.

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead at his home. The poor chap, a doyen in the fashion world, was only 40 years old. His mother died last week.

Here's the issue.

The BBC report on it here. He died. Just like that, seemingly.

However, as is reported elsewhere, he committed suicide. He hanged himself.

A terrible waste of his life but I wonder WHY the BBC seemed determined to avoid this simple detail? Were they trying to spare the feelings of the family? If so, why is such censorship not afforded to others in such circumstances? Might his gay background be in any way linked to this sudden BBC reluctance to report the facts? I don't see the issue for the BBC withholding the reason for his death, can you?

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