'To make it a conversation about the problem of the paparazzi is to keep it in the same place that it’s been for decades and decades.”
She noted that while the photographers involved with the crash that killed Princess Diana were initially charged, none were sentenced or found guilty.
“Should we be jeopardizing anyone’s safety in the pursuit of celebrity imagery? Ideally, no. However, there are corporate structures in place that demand the labor of photographers that are at the very bottom of this media hierarchy and are typically the most precarious laborers in the celebrity media industry. And they get blamed for the reality that the corporations demand.”
Joshua Azriel, author of “Restricting Los Angeles Paparazzi: California’s Legal Efforts Impacting Free Rights,” said his immediate reaction to the chase was, “Oh no, it’s going to happen again, because of the way that [Princess] Diana died. This is something that both of her children have been trying to avoid. Harry has been particularly vocal about trying to protect his family.”
Prior to this incident, it seemed that the paparazzi was “starting to understand what they can and can’t do,” according to Azriel, a journalism professor at Kennesaw State University. As for how much of the interest has been sparked by the media frenzy tied to “Spare” and theseries, Azriel said, “Harry and Meghan purposely made a documentary about them so that puts the spotlight on them. He wrote a book. That puts the spotlight on him. She accepted the award Tuesday night.
Aside from putting Harry, Markle and her mother in danger, “how stupid can these paparazzi be to endanger” bystanders in a crowded place like New York, he said. “They know better than this,” Azriel said. “The other thing that we can’t discount is the fear that Harry and Meghan must have felt. The fear could create the perception that it was worse than it actually was. In New York City, how crazy can the paparazzi go, considering the traffic and the lights.
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