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Discussion 5

In the text Stovall provides laws in which all journalists are to be aware such as copy right laws, privacy laws, defamation of character and many others. Yet one that stood out was the privacy laws. After reading the laws I thought about a lot of gossip websites that have been generated in today’s generation and how most would not be penalized for exposing celebrities’ business. These are journalist clearly disregard the matter of privacy because these people lives are in the spotlight should it be that they do not have privacy? If information is to bring shame to themselves or their families should this information be protected under the privacy laws?

According to Stovall “…the majority of publication of private facts suits fail.� This sparked my interest into seeing what would make this case worthy of winning. I came across a case where Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas won their case for Hello! Magazine leaking their photos. They had previously sold their wedding exclusive to okay magazine which came out three days after Hello magazine produced the story. Zeta’s lawyer argued that with okay magazine the newlywed wed couple could control their image and the phots that they wanted published. This was in a English court which also has the Human Rights Act saying that media must get permission to publish anything about someone’s personal life (The Guardian, 2001). Does this violate the first amendment freedom of speech? Or is it purposeful? This case is in the grey area.

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References

Now you see us, now you don’t. (2001, January 8). In The Guardian. Retrieved September 28, 2017.

Stovall, J. G. (2014). Writing for the mass media (7th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

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