There is a study that showed empirically that reducing the media coverage (and strictly avoiding coverage of methods and some other aspects) of suicides reduced the rates of suicide in the affected populations.
So there's science behind the avoidance.
IMHO the media do seem fairly clumsy going about it though.
IT'S ALL GOD'S PLAN
GOD MADE US THIS WAY AND GOD DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES
even better if you can find verses to support you and throw them back at them.