"John Elliott" <jae3806@bigpond.com> wrote in message wqdD6.5969$482.25462@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:wqdD6.5969$482.25462@newsfeeds.bigpond.com... > Is there a rule that deaths/suicides will not be announced on the news > (similar to suicides off the Melbourne bridge) ?. > > -- > JAE Not a rule as such,but more a tacit agreement along the lines of "Don't vote for politicians it only encourages them"