Paparazzi's Affect on Celebrities'

The Paparazzi Tries to Distort the Images of Celebrities

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        The paparazzi find it even more profiting when they find information that will distort the image of celebrities. According to a journal article On the Function of the United States paparazzi: Mosquito Swarm or Watchdogys of celebrity Image Control and Power, Andrew  Mendelson states that when performers (celebrities) are not performing they are out of character (Mendelson). The paparazzi find the most profiting moments of their job is when celebrities get out of character. According to an article in USA Today by Brian Mansfield called Taylor Swift’s Star is Rapidly on the Rise, when Taylor Swift was 18 years old the paparazzi were interested in rumors that she was pregnant so they interviewed her about the rumor. Swift answered, “How about (I tell) you about the four-star review I got in Rolling Stone and the record I’m really proud of?  Let’s talk about that.”  The paparazzi tried to distort Taylor Swift’s image but she gave them NO opportunity. It may be that the destruction of celebrities is more important to the paparazzi than the success of celebrities. There should be a law enacted to prevent celebrities from having their images distorted by the paparazzi.




The Paparazzi Work with Magazine Publishers to Distort the Images of Celebrities

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    Magazine publishers are willing to give the paparazzi money for photos that will give truth to the information that the magazine have of  celebrities. In some cases the information that the magazine publishers have is invalid and can cost them a lot of money to fix. Star magazine issued a magazine that had two pictures on the front cover of Katie Holmes looking like she had a rough day. In order for Star magazine to describe the picture to viewers it stated that Katie “Holmes is a drug addict (James)." Katie Holmes was distraught by the defamatory publication that  “filed a lawsuit seeking $50 million in damages from Star magazine.” I actually read the story when this issue came out but I had no idea that it was a lie. A magazine where I go about searching for news about celebrities had issued a false accusation about Katie Holmes is a disappointment to me. I believed the magazine but apparently it presented false information that only coincided with a photo that the paparazzi took.  A law should be strengthened to prevent false information ,that distorts the images of celebrities, to be put into magazines.


Take a Rumor and Blow it Out of Proportion, Why don't you

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        Celebrities have to deal with false rumors that escalate and distort their image. The paparazzi take a rumor that the public is interested in and make it their job to spread it worldwide, for a profit of course. Prince Charles was said to have had a sexual encounter with a male aide in the year 2003. According to Ann Oldenburg in an article entitled Charles Embroiled in Rapidly Growing Gay-Sex Scandal found in USA Today, “ Newspapers pounced on the story, and the allegations began appearing on various websites" (Oldenburg).This story interested the paparazzi because the news was about the Prince of England being a homosexual and that sounds very profitable.  An investigation took place that proved the rumors to be a lie but the paparazzi had already taken advantage of the rumor. The paparazzi did a great deal of distorting the image of Prince Charles to the public. A law should be strengthened to prevent the paparazzi from spreading false information to the public about celebrities.