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CNN does special coverage on Bullying

I was impressed with CNN's special coverage on bullying.

I've noticed media outlets are doing this more - addressing specific social issues and doing extensive coverage on them with multiple stories and angles bundled up together.

I like the trend. While a single story is important, or multiple outlets writing a story on a given subject definitely helps raise awareness... nothing hits home like when a media outlet does a large special feature on a topic. It really let's people know that this is not a passing issue, but rather one that deserves everyone's attention.

I remember when I was in high school there was a kid who had a mental disability. One day he was in the washroom and someone put a paper bag over his head while he was at the urinal and then proceeded to beat him up (I wasn't there obviously as I would have intervened). To my recollection no one was ever identified as the assailant and no one reacted to the event like they would if it had been one adult doing that to another adult.

When I was growing up stories like that were rare, although not entirely uncommon - and the media sure didn't cover the issue of bullying.


Kudos to CNN for such extensive coverage. And kudos to all the PR folks behind the scenes - likely dozens of them - who CNN would have worked with to get the information they needed to write and produce all these stories.

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