This is an unrelated celebrity tabloid journalism story but it does give an idea of how the tabloids get these stories.
A friend of mine owns a used bookstore, mostly English language books, in Tel Aviv. A couple of days ago he posted on FB that a young woman with a toddler came into his store to browse and bought some books. When he looked at her credit card it turned out to be Amber Heard. He took a picture of her with a bookstore tote bag. The next day an Israeli gossip columnist translated his post into Hebrew and published it and the picture without attribution. Later that day my friend posted this link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11088381/Amber-Heard-spotted-Israel-controversial-journalist-banned-Johnny-Depp-trial.html For those who understandably don’t want to read a Daily Mail article, it’s about Amber’s trip to Tel Aviv, including a word-for-word copy of the FB post and photo, again without any attribution or credit. My friend asked about legal action in the comments of the post with the Daily Mail link and someone I don’t know (an attorney apparently) said getting even the best result wouldn’t be worth the money and hassle. The relationship of this to the Anne Heche story is that TMZ doesn’t need an army of paparazzi or need to send people out to stalk celebrities anymore. They just need to know from a police scanner or social media that something happened to a celebrity and then they can scan Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc for footage they can use. On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 8:26 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > A compilation of different videos showing her driving. > > > https://www.tiktok.com/@thenewsjunkie/video/7129622503974145326?_t=8Ufwa5sPycF&_r=1 > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2022, 5:06 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> As of this afternoon she is nnnnnotgood... >> https://deadline.com/2022/08/anne-heche-in-extremely-critical-condition-remains-in-a-coma-following-fiery-car-crash-1235087666/ >> (link) >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e8e1da47-0e08-4668-a62c-90b38b8d3e3dn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e8e1da47-0e08-4668-a62c-90b38b8d3e3dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yx7Mdg2yjAOadMGT%3D0bPspRH5Vgh7P8akKobrs6yk8B0A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yx7Mdg2yjAOadMGT%3D0bPspRH5Vgh7P8akKobrs6yk8B0A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEVhiSf-t%2B2KrMmg-kNzuu35GF4SfrvY6H9EDXaod7w8A%40mail.gmail.com.
