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The Gawker Effect is that journalists are now, for perhaps the first time in modern history, contemplating if a news story that is going to print is actually ne
by Overtonwindow 9y ago
The Gawker Effect is that journalists are now, for perhaps the first time in modern history, contemplating if a news story that is going to print is actually news, or merely gossip. I don't think the Hogan or Kelly stories should have been printed. They're gossip about someone's private life. Even if they're in the public eye, I think they do deserve privacy, and media publications should avoid reporting on what happens in bedrooms.
- yellowapple 9y agoI think the Kelly story is valid, since it does involve behavior that might very well be illegal. The Hogan "story", however, should indeed have never seen the light of day.
- Overtonwindow 9y agoI agree, and when the media reports on something that may be illegal, or harmful to the public, that's news. A videotape of a man's private sex life is not news.