Should The News Not Reveal Details In Titles?

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Triggering details below regarding Southport murders

so occasionally I look on news and usually I know what to avoid, but Sky News really caught me off with the article regarding the Southport murders.

It basically stated the mother of one of the victims saw her daughter on cctv dragged back in to the place to be stabbed 30 times. That was in the title, now we all know what that ugly evil creature did, I just felt the details could be left in the article and just a report reveals southport horror title. I cant stop thinking about it, I was almost in tears at one point. Everyone involved must be traumatised, but the poor families of the victims I honestly dont think I could go on.

I felt the same with Sandy Hook and Manchester Terrorist attack, I couldn't nor had any want to read the details. Same when I was a young ternager with Dunblane, I remember adults talking and I would walk off out of hearing them as I knew what had happened but didnt want to hear any details stuff like that has always effected me badly, anything involving children.

So AIBU for having the opinion that news media to think twice about what they use in their titles to their linked articles?

No, it's the news.

It is the news that is the point not to dress things up to make things sound fluffy and cute

Im not saying they should downplay anything, Im saying shouldnt they have for example warnings on their links to articles rather than titling the link with the most horrific part of an incident that they are reporting on? Much like Mumsnet has trigger warnings on the titles of their threads.

No, if you don't want to read about the sad things that happen then don't read the news.

So you read the news to read about sad things? I read the news to see whats happening in the world, usually economically and politically, so it isnt necessarily to read about sad things and most of the time I dont actually go on Sky News, so generally from a title of a thread I know that “sad things” are going to be in the content so I avoid. Incidents which are “sad things” detailing horrific detail should not be linked with said horrific detail in the title of the link on their webpage. I have lived all my life South London, Im very much aware of “sad things”.

If you're aware, it shouldn't bother you to see a headline. You don't have to read the whole article. I find the idea that news websites should have to soften their messages quite disturbing.