The news anchor who died by suicide on air

Christine Chubbuck predicted the clickbait era in the most macabre way possible. Frustrated with her station's 'if it bleeds, it leads' policy, the local news reporter shot herself live on a 1974 broadcast. It was a bleak, horrifying protest against the industry's descent into sensationalist gore. Naturally, instead of reflecting on their journalistic ethics, the media obsessed over finding the lost tape for decades.