GOSSIP SITE REVEALS NAME OF ALLEGED UNDERAGE SEX VICTIM
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GOSSIP SITE REVEALS NAME OF ALLEGED UNDERAGE SEX VICTIM
Seeming to knock down another ethical guideline that most journalists abide by without reluctance, the gossip website TMZ.com on Wednesday revealed the name of the 14-year-old son of a movie star who is the "alleged victim of unlawful sex" with a 22-year-old woman. "TMZ Hits New Low," headlined Kevin Roderick in his L.A. Observed blog. The Smoking Gun website, which has published its fair share of scandalous news items, reported on TMZ's revelation but said that it had decided to "redact" the boy's name. It not ed that besides disclosing the child's name, TMZ also ran a photo of him taken when he was 10. "The reason the story is even interesting to TMZ is because of who the child is," Kelly McBride, who teaches journalism ethics at the Poynter Institute in Florida, told the Associated Press. "I'm not sure that alone is enough to justify identifying the boy." TMZ has not commented.
01/05/2008
