The Refreshing Part of Honesty

Note: You might consider glancing at my previous blog post, Put Into The Spotlight, because this is an extension of that blog post.

I was scrolling through my twitter feed once again earlier today, and I saw another tweet about the "relationship" between the paparazzi and the children of celebrities. In a previous blog post (link above), I had said that a law that celebrities had wanted to pass preventing the paparazzi from taking pictures of their children was a completely fair law for the government to pass. Well, it seems like recently this topic is getting a lot more attention.

People Magazine, a magazine that reports on stories about celebrities, published an open letter to the public on their website. In this open letter, the editorial director of the magazine directly addresses the this issue. She says that People Magazine does not in any way support the paparazzi taking pictures of celebrities' children, and they will not publish any pictures of children without their parents consent. Most of the article I think is perfect. It is great for them, one of the biggest tabloids there is, is supportive and understanding of this subject.

The only part that stuck out at me is when she says, "Of course, there may be rare exceptions based on the newsworthiness of photos." Although I do not think that these photos should be published at all, regardless of the "newsworthiness" of them, I think it is a very honest thing to say. Honesty in the tabloid business seems to be a very hard thing to come by - you never know what stories to believe. However, props to them for being honest. Hopefully they will never post pictures without consent because it is a breaking news story, but we will never know until that moment comes. But for now, I think it is very refreshing to see a magazine so popular stand up for beliefs and be honest about their intentions. It sure is catching the attention of the celebrities.