A TEENAGE GIRL in Missouri killed herself after receiving nasty messages via MySpace.
A reporter from the St. Charles Journal reported the story, and wrote that the messages were actually sent by a fictitious person - a made up account from an ex-friend of the dead teen. And the parents of the ex-friend helped their daughter craft these evil messages that wound up causing 13-year old Megan Meier to hang herself.
But the reporter did not publish the names of the evil message sender or her family.
Should he have printed their names? The family was not charged with a crime. But the messages did lead to the death of young Megan.
What is the responsibility of the journalist here?
Either way, read the original story. It is heart-wrenching.
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