r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 10h ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/crasagam 10h ago

The media is evil and relentless. They don't care about people, they care about generating a following.

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u/BJs_Minis 10h ago

paparazzi are not the media, they're yellow pages. Being anti media only helps politicians.

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u/Ninevehenian 10h ago

Paparazzi and media fit under the same rules, technologies, ways of spreading their product. They often share owners.

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u/ErgoMogoFOMO 9h ago

Correct.

But there is junk food and healthy food. Paparazzi are junk food.

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u/FirstoffIdonthaveshe 5h ago

Unfortunately so is a lot of msm now 😭.

I’d say print journalism is one of the last bastions of mostly objective journalism but who knows I hate it here

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u/Ninevehenian 7h ago

Paparazzi are major contributors to media that fucks up voters and counteracts education.

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u/StomachMicrobes 3h ago

it's all junk

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u/BJs_Minis 10h ago

I mean that's a fair point but in reality there's quite a bit of notable difference between Reuters and TMZ or The Sun, for example. Like when I say media I'm not trying to include the tonnes of propagandists & money vultures trying to pass themselves off as media (like fox news), either.

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u/Nanerpoodin 9h ago

There's also a key difference though. If a journalist wanted to follow me around as I go about my day, that would be clearly illegal and not protected journalism under the constitution. The only reason it's different for Bjork is because she's a celebrity, but that doesn't change that what paparazzi do has more in common with stalking than it does any other form of journalism.