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Title: Celebrity Privacy: Rihannas Photo Leak


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Celebrity PrivacyRihannas Photo Leak
  • By Ricki Lowe

2
Basic Information Surrounding the Case
  • Robyn Rihanna Fenty
  • Famous Pop Singer
  • CoverGirl Spokesperson
  • Chris Brown
  • Famous Pop / RB Singer
  • Endorsed Wrigley Gum
  • Grammy Night 2009

3
The Leaked Photo
TMZ Owner Harvey Levin's Response
4
The Black ListBy ethicist Jay Black
  • Step 1
  • Is this a Moral Dilemma?
  • Ethical to post illegally released documents?
  • Anything for revenue?
  • Do public figures have private lives?
  • Would this happen to a non celebrity?
  • Different rules apply to celebrity news?
  • Rumors, slander, private images, etc.

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Step 2 Is it bigger than the rules?
  • The First Amendment
  • Legal for the press to publish
  • Right to Privacy
  • Not protected only implied by the U.S.
    Constitution
  • Goes against SPJ Code of Ethics
  • Minimize Harm?
  • Be sensitive using photographs of those
    affected by tragedy
  • Show good taste

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Step 3 Who wins?
  • Stakeholder 1 TMZ.com
  • Increased publicity
  • Stakeholder 2 Public Knowledge
  • Increased awareness of domestic assault
  • Accurate information of the altercation
  • Stakeholder 3 Rihanna
  • Increased sympathy and credibility over complaint

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Step 3 Who loses?
  • Stakeholder 1 The Victim
  • Loss of privacy
  • No one to help her
  • Stakeholder 2 The Assailant Chris Brown
  • Threatened
  • Loss of respect
  • Stakeholder 3 LA Police Department
  • Loss of public confidence
  • Could disrupt trial proceedings

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Step 4 Whats it worth?
  • Equality
  • Would they do this to a nobody?
  • Privacy
  • LAPD full department search
  • Brown goes through legal system
  • Fired
  • Enforce SPJ Code?

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Step 5 Whos whispering in my ear?
  • Joseph Fletcher
  • Actions directed by love
  • Wouldnt have posted the picture
  • Aristotle
  • Golden Mean
  • Would describe but not post the picture

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Step 6 How will my decision look in public?
  • TMZ.com
  • I would not post the picture
  • Describe the image
  • This could/would result in
  • Getting released/fired
  • Picture being posted elsewhere
  • Loss of money/advertisers

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Step 6 How will my decision look in public?
  • Celebrity news is different
  • Post rumors
  • Anything to increase website traffic
  • YouTube/Facebook/Twitter
  • Mixed Reaction
  • Applause for standing up against
  • Loss of respect from competitors and readers

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    rihanna-chris-brown-beating-photo/
  • Errico, M. (2008, 2 18). Chris Brown arrested
    after alleged Rihanna Assault. Retrieved July 13,
    2009, from E! Online
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    Retrieved July 27, 2009, from FindLaw Web site
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    endment09/
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    Ethics. http//www.sjp.org/ethicscode.asp. July
    10, 2009.
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    face-beating/
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