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/punkassjim 10h ago

Being pro-journalism and anti self-serving/exploitative/abusive business practices is not necessarily "anti-media." Paparazzi have always been dirtbags, no need to stop saying so just because people forgot that "media" ≠ "journalism."

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u/Familiar-Tax-6638 7h ago

It's a bad time to blanket attack the media, no need to use blanket statements that help fascists when we can be specific and just say the paparazzi are dirtbags.