"Media Just Exhibits Honor Crimes
According to a research by the UNFPA media is acting irresponsibly in its coverage of honor crimes and only paying attention to ratings. KA-MER said that 84 percent of the women who have the Emergency Help Line is economically dependant.
BIA News Center
07/06/2005 Ayse DURUKAN
BIA (Istanbul) - Studies on violence against women and the media coverage of it show that women who are subject to violence are also victimized by the media.
UN Population Fund (UNFPA), in a number of studies on honor crimes found that the media is acting irresponsibly in its coverage and is only paying attention to ratings. The Istanbul bureau of the fund came to the conclusion that 'the media doesn't look into the murders, it only displays them.'"
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