Romanian media shares guilt for pop star's death

The surprising suicide of Romanian pop singer Mădălina Manole on her 43rd birthday has sparked a major debate in the media. But the media itself is partially responsible for her death, writes the daily Adevărul: "Mădălina Manole is a victim of the superficial world and false values propagated by the media, and especially by cheap TV shows. Like the monsters in old tales, such shows feed on beauty, sex and melodrama. The speed with which one can become a star in this world is matched only by the speed at which one can be marginalised, and relegated to a box for old toys. With her act Mădălina Manole has given this superficial menagerie ... an authentic drama, an insoluble riddle. ... To understand what she has done one must grasp how a television appearance can be a matter of life and death. This is a world of light and shadow where all that counts is what is visible, a world in which one may neither age, put on weight nor weep. Basically - let's tell it like it is - it is an impossible world."

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