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EDITORIAL - Privacy and the Press

Image635088694539174785The Respect for Privacy Request vs. The Public's Right To Know!

Everyone who's ever followed an Entertainment Tonight program for more than one day or read anything about the private life of Elvis has probably gotten a glimpse of what extent celebrities will go to in order to protect their privacy.

The questions are: 1.) How much privacy can a celebrity expect compared to an average person with no special status and 2.) How much information about a person of notoriety is the public actually entitled to know?

Unfortunately, privacy issues for these folks sometimes go well beyond any bona-fide news coverage.  Reporters and cameras following a celebrity into a night club is far different that following one into a court room.

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