Detroit Strip Clubs: Column: Nothing sporting about gossip as ‘news’
December 30, 2009 at 5:24 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsAccording to several reports, TMZ has registered the name “TMZSports.com” with plans to build a parallel model to its entertainment operation, which consists of rumors, tips, paparazzi photos or cell phone video slapped into so-called news that is mostly about bad behavior.
There’s plenty of that in the sports world.
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of brave new world
Consider this. The Tigers Woods scandal hasn’t got a thing to do with actual sports, yet it’s one of this year’s biggest sports stories. The Web hits were through the roof. No doubt TMZ and other outfits smell blood in the water and money in the wind.
So we rush into a new era of sports reporting — the “gotcha” approach previously reserved for the Brad Pitts and Angelina Jolies of the world. And I’ll tell you this. Catching married athletes with other women will not be hard. Snapping photos of drunken athletes will not be hard. Getting tips about ballplayers in strip clubs, hot tubs or crowded limos will not be hard.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Protection or Privacy? Plot Renews Debate
December 30, 2009 at 5:24 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsBecause of the Christmas Day bomb plot, though, Chaffetz predicted that the Senate would kill his bill. Still, he stands by his proposal. “We don’t need to overreact” when it comes to balancing security and the need for privacy, he said.
Members of the Electronic Privacy Information Center also say the machines see too much. A week before Flight 253 took off from Amsterdam, the group filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking information about use of the scanners. It said the machines used at airports and federal courthouses were the equivalent of “digital strip searches” because they “capture images of individuals stripped naked.”
But those on the better-safe-than-sorry side say they’d happily submit to an electronic “strip tease” if it would help get them safely to their destination.
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