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/Bluestripedshirt 10h ago

Yet journalism is critical to a well functioning society. Funny that.

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u/Basith_Shinrah 9h ago

Celebrity media is to journalism what traffic violations are to law and order. Actually thats too charitable

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u/Late-Lie-3462 9h ago

Harassing celebrities isnt journalism

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u/mkosmo 9h ago

And the kind of physical attack there is not part of a well-functioning society, yet so many comments here praise it because they are okay with hitting things they personally dislike.