Baden Clay murder coverage

In this blog I tend to whinge about journalists not doing their research and it's normally a bad thing.  However with the Baden Clay case it's a different story all together.  There is too much coverage.  It is absolutely tragic that another woman fell victim to a violent partner, in this case her husband, Gerard Baden Clay.

I'm not saying that Alllison's brutal murder isn't tragic because any murdet or manslaughter is too many.  I am saying there is too much coverage.

The majority of papers around Australia ran at least eight pages of content relating to the case with two papers, including Brisbane's the Courier Mail, pulling all advertisements from the paper.

Of course, violence needs to be addressed but plastering trials and verdicts on the front pages of papers isn't the way to achieve it, not does it help the victims or people who know someone who has been murdered.

I may feel differently towards this though because back in January 2008 someone I know was brutally murdered, a woman, by her ex.  Since then I've stopped following murder cases, only keeping up with the surface of each case.  When you know someone who has been murdered you want to switch off.  You don't want to see headlines everyday because it reminds you of the person you know who was murdered.  It's not something that ever goes away.  No matter how many years pass or how well you knew the person you want to forget.

I can't speak for the friends and family of the Baden Clays but dealing with murder needs to be done in private and rhe coverage needs to focus less on the assailant and more on what we can do to save others' lives rather than crying or just talking about court cases.

If it was about affirmative action the Baden Clay case coverage would be justified but as it's not it's too much and counter productive.