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I’m serious. No matter what the scandal is, it should be flat-out illegal to take photos of somebody through the windows of private property. If an ordinary person stood outside private property peering through windows, it would be illegal Peeping Tomism. The same rule should apply to the media. Throw their butts in jail.
I write this because of this piece on the Petraeus/Broadwell scandal, featuring numerous pictures of Paula Broadwell through the windows of her brother’s house. Broadwell may merit all sorts of criticism. But private property is just that: private. Keelhaul the photographer. If I ran for office, laws against invasive paparrazzi would be part of my platform. They are scum.
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Occam's Tool| 11.14.12 @ 1:17PM
Quin,
the vast majority of journalists are pond scum.
When I lived in KY, there was a cardiac surgeon who had a solo practice in the middle sized town in which I practiced (Owensboro, KY, you suck). He didn't want to sell out his practice to Jewish Hospital. The local newspaper excoriated him for his private business decision in public, and then enough pressure was put on him that he eventually attempted suicide. The details of the attempted suicide of this private citizen, which did NOT interfere with his clinical skills, was then put on page one of the scumbag rag (The Messenger Inquirer---they are still vermin.). I met the editor after this and told him to his face what a piece of shit he was.
I haven't met a journalist in my life who I would trust around my child, and I've met plenty. Further, in the international news story that I was a major player in (The Alabama Chain Gang, as the psychiatrist), they got every fact wrong.
I expect jounos to be subhuman scum. And as for photogs, the model for that was WeeGee. Brilliant photographer, but not much as a human being. Ma Neeshtana ha lileh hazeh? ("Why should this night be any different from any other night?")
Maxwell| 11.14.12 @ 1:30PM
Occam, with all due respect, I do not agree with your opinion of the press being pond scum. I think they are lower than whale droppings.
Now, as for what will happen today during the press conference with Barry, this will be all swept under the rug. Nothing will happen. And to think, I had hopped the ONE institution that could be counted on would be the .MIL.
Maxwell| 11.14.12 @ 1:30PM
Occam, with all due respect, I do not agree with your opinion of the press being pond scum. I think they are lower than whale droppings.
Now, as for what will happen today during the press conference with Barry, this will be all swept under the rug. Nothing will happen. And to think, I had hopped the ONE institution that could be counted on would be the .MIL.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 11.14.12 @ 2:47PM
Trespassing photographers and journalists are to the First Amendment what armed home invaders are to the Second Amendment (i.e. nothing, and often subject to being shot by a righteous property owner or occupant).
C Bowen | 11.14.12 @ 4:39PM
You really are a Leftie, Quinn. The issue is enforcement of existing laws, not making another law that won't be enforced (see Amnesty.)
spike59| 11.15.12 @ 5:48AM
Take the 'invasive paparrazzi' aside, hand them notebooks, and assign them to cover the Administration; the 'journalists' currently assigned to the WH beat need to rest after all these years of cheerleading
JimH| 11.15.12 @ 8:03AM
Florida is a ‘stand your ground’ state. I’m just sayin.