Robert Enke took his own life ten years ago. A number of German media outlets are therefore bringing up what was discussed at the time: the suicide, the depression. The way they do this reflects two things: firstly, some media outlets never seem to learn anything. Secondly, however, the event could contribute to further objectivity.
First, the annoyance: On Thursday, the "Bild" newspaper mexico rcs data started a series on the tenth anniversary of Robert Enke's death. The headline: "The last 50 hours of Robert Enke". The text is full of assumptions, "tabloid psychoanalysis" and details. Anyone who does professional journalism, knows the press code and the Werther effect, according to which a precise description of the place and circumstances of a suicide can trigger an impulse in people with suicidal thoughts, knows that such a spread is irresponsible. Some journalists don't care, and unfortunately part of the public doesn't either. Studies have even shown, known as the "Enke effect", that suicide on the railway line, which Enke committed, was a sharp increase as a type of suicide at the time, apparently a result of the extensive and very detailed reporting ten years ago.