We are currently discussing whether or not it is company policy to cover public suicide stories. I was under the impression that all suicides are non-stories, unless it's coupled with some other sort of -cide. Apparently it is the policy of our parent newspaper that public suicides are interesting, and therefore reportable. So now we have to figure out whether or not we should provide coverage of a jumper on the third street ---

-- nevermind, he jumped.

Update: I'd been arguing the side that unless it stopped traffic, it's not important, but I was being half-serious. Turns out we appealed to a higher power, and yes, unless it caused some sort of road obstruction that backed up traffic, then no, we don't cover it.

I love when I'm being an unmitigated ass and I turn out to be completely in the right.

Second Update: The guy isn't even dead, they fished him out of the river. The only story here, obviously, is how long it took us to debate whether it was a story.