Kaiser
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#1 - Snoop Dogg is a Cowboys fan and has been in the public eye for decades, its not like Dak and Zeke joined the Manson Family or something.
Also I totally disagree with the comparison of TMZ to Gawker. Gawker was complete slime that would harm people for sport and for clicks. They outed Peter Thiel for a few extra clicks and that's why he funded the lawsuit against them. BTW - Peter Thiel didn't destroy Gawker, a Judge and Jury did when they found them guilty of crimes. In the trial the head of Gawker said that he would publish child porn for money unless the victim was "under 4". He said this in Open Court, so imagine what he does in his office.
TMZ is only publishing what is out there in public, they don't break any laws and most of what they publish is found on other websites as well. They also have broken news at times when other parts of the media wouldn't do so because of political bias, like parts of the (first) Anthony Weiner scandal.
Another point is that while some Paparazzi are scum, at least half of the published paparazzi photos were staged by an agent telling them where to be and when.
TMZ isn't the villain, Harvey was just smart enough to get ahead of the Social Media/User Generated Content train. He is also printing money because he runs the business is a very smart way, but that's another post.
Also I totally disagree with the comparison of TMZ to Gawker. Gawker was complete slime that would harm people for sport and for clicks. They outed Peter Thiel for a few extra clicks and that's why he funded the lawsuit against them. BTW - Peter Thiel didn't destroy Gawker, a Judge and Jury did when they found them guilty of crimes. In the trial the head of Gawker said that he would publish child porn for money unless the victim was "under 4". He said this in Open Court, so imagine what he does in his office.
TMZ is only publishing what is out there in public, they don't break any laws and most of what they publish is found on other websites as well. They also have broken news at times when other parts of the media wouldn't do so because of political bias, like parts of the (first) Anthony Weiner scandal.
Another point is that while some Paparazzi are scum, at least half of the published paparazzi photos were staged by an agent telling them where to be and when.
TMZ isn't the villain, Harvey was just smart enough to get ahead of the Social Media/User Generated Content train. He is also printing money because he runs the business is a very smart way, but that's another post.
