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Bi_3 wrote:https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/In-a-rare-admission-MTV-says-its-programming-16070434.php

Chris McCarthy, the president of MTV Entertainment Group and overseer of numerous ViacomCBS cable networks, believes such language contributes to a stigmatization of mental health and leads to fewer people seeking help. So he's about to offer a rare mea culpa - and undertake an ambitious plan to remake programming at MTV and sister units including Comedy Central, VH1 and even Paramount Plus.

"Having reality stars say someone is 'really messed up'- well, that's not the proper way to reflect that story. It sends the wrong message about somebody's mental health," McCarthy said in a phone interview, adding he believes it makes people less likely to take struggles seriously in their own lives. "We need to do better."

McCarthy says the timing couldn't be better to take on a sadly timeless challenge, with mental health again in the headlines: Meghan, duchess of Sussex, recently said during a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey that she had had suicidal thoughts, and studies show that depression levels have continued to rise during the pandemic.

His plan, expected to be announced Thursday by ViacomCBS, is to turn all negative portrayals of mental-health challenges on his networks' shows to positive ones, then double those number of instances. Instead of characters slinging around clinical terms in an argument, for example, they'd acknowledge a person is struggling and want to know more. Such portrayals would make viewers feel more comfortable with their own conditions, McCarthy said, and do more to combat them.

What exactly is modern comedy if not jokes about the comedian's own mental health?

Comedy Central recently canceled its highest rated show, Tosh.0. They now just run reruns of South Park, the office, and roasts. It’s pretty lame

Rob wrote:The Tosh show was canceled as part of a restructure, and the man himself apparently still works for the network/studio and will still be writing for them and maybe starring in something else. No one got canceled, SJWs didn’t win anything here.

BurtReynolds wrote:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cdc-declares-racism-a-serious-public-health-threat-as-covid-19-puts-a-spotlight-on-disparities/ar-BB1ftU77?ocid=wispr&li=BBnb7Kz

CDC declares racism a 'serious public health threat' as COVID-19 puts a spotlight on disparities

BurtReynolds wrote:Maybe after we defeat racism, we can start solving greed. And jealousy. Then after the seven deadly sins are defeated, maybe we can focus on covid.

BurtReynolds wrote:Wait, are radical right wing doctors killing black and indigenous patients?! Wtf?

Rob wrote:Are you guys saying the CDC shouldn't try to develop a strategy to address racial gaps in health outcomes?

surfndestroy wrote:

Rob wrote:Are you guys saying the CDC shouldn't try to develop a strategy to address racial gaps in health outcomes?

Is the gap in health outcomes due to race or socio-economic factors primarily? If the latter is the driving force, then yeah the CDC is the absolute wrong agency to address it.

surfndestroy wrote:

Rob wrote:Are you guys saying the CDC shouldn't try to develop a strategy to address racial gaps in health outcomes?

Is the gap in health outcomes due to race or socio-economic factors primarily? If the latter is the driving force, then yeah the CDC is the absolute wrong agency to address it.