That's fair enough. However, would you read an article that gave more depth into the circumstances surrounding Joey taking his own life ? This is perhaps where there's an imbalance between hypocrisy and curiosity.
There's a big difference between reading an article, pre approved by the families, about the things that were going on in someone's life, that would make them feel so bad, and then reading a random article about the specifics of what happened on the awful day they finally decided to take their own life.
The former is a way of trying to understand, and sympathise with the poor fellow, and their loved ones, and could even be helpful for those who are struggling to come to terms with the situation.
The latter is unnecessary information, that nothing positive can come from knowing, and can actually be very disturbing to know, and upsetting for loved ones to have to know such information is suddenly public knowledge.
I knew of all the problems my friends had, in the years leading up to their tragic suicides, and I feel honoured that they felt they were able to share things with me, I just wish I could've done more to help them. But it's information that helped me understand and sympathise with them, and meant I was able to talk to others, to help them understand as well.
But my god, I wish I didn't know the specific circumstances surrounding their actual suicides, as it still upsets me to this day, particularly one of them, which was absolutely awful, and it's that kind of information that nobody but the very closest people to that person needs to know, and as per the wishes of their families, it's information I have never spoke about, and never will.
Sadly, a lot of media outlets see these kinds of things as a story to sell, as opposed to someone's privacy to respect.
