Could the media do more to highlight the problems of teenage drinkers?

No , not the media. What are the parents doing ?Could the media do more to highlight the problems of teenage drinkers?
The media are only interested in selling newspapers, it's more newsworthy to see people like Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty killing themselves with drugs and alcohol than any sort of campaign to help teenage drinkers, that doesn't sell newspapers.





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The royal princes and princesses are also newsworthy material for all the wrong reasons.





There's a damehood waiting for you if you can convince the media to help rather than line their own pockets.Could the media do more to highlight the problems of teenage drinkers?
Are you interested in them addressing the dangers in teens' drinking and driving? Or the danger of becoming an alcoholic? Or the danger of date rape?





They could probably do more. I'm just not sure what would get this ball rolling ... a teenager (who's been drinking) who wraps his car around a tree on the way home from the prom and kills himself and his date/friends, perhaps. The thing is, teenagers feel invulnerable. So a lot of the information aimed at them -- please drink responsibly, etc. -- often falls on deaf ears.





I once played the organ at a funeral service for a 16-year-old boy. He'd been drinking and took a curve too fast, and hit a tree head-on. So sad.
yes they could, but the problem is that over the years we've all seen the hard hitting drink drive campaigns, and so the advertisers themselves have added the drink aware and drink responsibly items and still the information is not hitting home.
yes. the media should emphasize the dangers of drinking and driving. alcoholism is also an important issue.
They probably could, but I don't think its their responsibility.





The responsibility lies with the parents.
It's always been like this with teenager drinkers even back 25 years a go when I was a teenager,it's nothing new.
Not really, because there are more important things to report about.