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Practically before her ex-husband could be awakened to the phone call he must have dreaded --- even before her two adolescent sons could have their first of many, many good cries --- the commentary has begun. This is not a time for recrimination, it is a time for sadness, said a tearful Earl Spencer, Diana's brother, who went on, nonetheless, to say he'd always thought the press would kill her, sooner or later. Every news organization, every publication, he continued, has blood on its hands. The death of a young woman of 36 --- whether she is or is not the most photographed woman in the world --- is always a tragedy. The death of a mother who by all accounts adored her sons and, despite personal issues with their father, did her best to protect them is horrible beyond measure. It's only natural that human beings search for some way to make sense of such horrible information, to organize it so it becomes understandable, to find someone to blame. With Princess Diana, that someone is the press.”  The harsh effects of the Paparazzi can be prevented in many ways. The government can take on one form of prevention. If the government came up with laws like the “Communications Act of 1934”  or “it could begin with something as basic as the White House press pass. A reporter literally cannot get in the gate without one.”  If they passed laws like these that required the press to have some sort of “pass”  or permit to take pictures of celebrity’s and sell them then it would cut back on their harsh effects. Another thing is that if the government forced the Paparazzi to follow the same rules and regulations that the rest of the news media had to follow like “the Federal Communications Commission, which grants and renews licenses on the condition that broadcast stations, serve the public interest, convenience and necessity. This philosophy derives from a 1929 decision of the Federal Radio Commission which stated broadcasting stations are licensed to serve the public, and not for the purpose of furthering the private or selfish interests of individuals or groups of individuals.”  Since the death of Princess Diana many states have already taken action in passing Anti-Paparazzi laws. “In a move greeted with cheers in Hollywood, California Governor Pete Wilson signed a law boosting privacy rights against aggressive reporters. The law is aimed at preventing so-called Paparazzi from harassing ‘their human prey’ Wilson said. The law effective January 1, authorizes punitive damages against media outlets that film or record a person in a situation in which they had reasonable expectation of privacy.”  If this law were in effect around the nation then the government could arrest and charge the Paparazzi for aggravated assault in cases where they could cause harm to people. So in future cases they wouldn’t get away with the murders of celebrity’s or people of the royal family. The people should take another form of prevention up. Celebrities like Princess Diana could have prevented her own death. One reporter said, “In Spain, the king will never run away from you. Diana was the only royal who would run or hide in a taxi. All you are doing by running is triggering the hunting instinct because it’s the picture they want. Death will always be worse than a photographer taking your picture.”  The people in the community can also help by not listening; watching, reading or buying the pictures and news that has to do with celebrity’s personal lives. “People want to know what’s going on. Women love all the gossip in women’s magazines. We [the paparazzi] are made into the scapegoats but everyone is to blame.”  Needless to say if “it wasn’t in human nature to turn toward pleasure and away from pain; to prefer the sweet to the bitter; to respond to the cheerful and shun to the severe, to lament 'all the bad news’ in the media and demand more ‘good news’’ then there would be no such thing as the paparazzi. People in the community basically pay the paparazzi. If they wouldn’t be so interested in other people’s lives then the paparazzi wouldn’t be such a threat. The last group of people that could prevent the paparazzi is the paparazzi themselves. According to a member of the paparazzi, “celebrities lover to invite you to take their picture. They say ‘ tell your people to buy my book, see my film or support my charity. They love the publicity until they are going out and then it’s different. Diana would invite certain media along for her own purpose. When you start doing that you’re increasing their interest in you.”  Naturally we can’t ban the paparazzi from everyone during every function, but everyone knows that they shouldn’t show up at a function unless they were invited. The paparazzi should also back off a celebrity when they see that he/she is getting angry. As with Princess Diana on her ski trip when “for the first time, the twenty-one-year old princess showed her anger. As 'People’ [magazine] put it: ‘ Shy Di was no longer bashful about her preference for privacy. On and off the slopes, Diana was uncharacteristically icy to the pursing paparazzi.”  The same goes for her death; many people blame the paparazzi for causing it, which may be the case. When Princess Diana’s driver started speeding and trying to get away from them they should have stopped. Not only did their ignorance kill her but it also endangered their lives and everyone else’s. In conclusion until the Paparazzi “ceases to exploit the entertainment bias that is conditioned by its host medium, and shares some of the profit with its market in the form of comprehensive, compact newscast, it is engaging in a pollution of ideas. Its options should be the same as those of any polluter: clean up the mess or pay the consequences.”  Bibliography: BIBLIOGRAPHY 1) Powers, Ron. News-Casters. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1977 2) Rather, Dan., and others. The Camera Never Blinks. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1977 3) Lee, Richard W. Politics and the Press. Washington D.C.: Acropolis Books, 1970 4) Kessler, Judy. Inside People: The Stories behind the Stories. New York: Villard Books, 1994 Word Count: 1061
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