FanMAIL: Rihanna Petition
In light of the news that TMZ.com paid $62,500 for that police evidence photo of Rihanna, her fans have started a petition urging TMZ to apologize to the singer.
To TMZ.com Staff,
This petition is addressed to editors of TMZ.com who have posted a photo of injured Rihanna in the eve of her 21st birthday. We – the fans all around the world – feel that this action was very unethical and TMZ showed no respect to Rihanna’s privacy in these troubled times.
Media nowdays does everything to increse their popularity and often use actions against all moral and ethical principles. We want to prove that we do not support this.
Rihanna is a young and innocent woman and we do not understand why TMZ or anyone who has spread the pictures taken by LA police department, has decided to punish her by posting this violent material in order to gain publicity.
We demand from TMZ editors to post on their website an apologize to Rihanna and her fans for their disrespectful behaviour.
Sincerely,
I’m shocked that TMZ paid that much for the photo. I was just telling an industry friend yesterday that I thought the asking price was $25,000.
Supposedly, a snitch within TMZ leaked the price tag for the pic. But I think the purchase price was leaked deliberately (blogging is a competitive business and you do what you can to get traffic).
Was TMZ within their rights to pay for the photo? I think so. Everything has a price these days.
I fault the police employee who sold the photo — not TMZ. They say TMZ gave the cash to a relative of the employee so the money can’t be traced back to the employee. I hope that employee is caught and punished to the full extent of the law.
Thanks to Rihannadaily.com for the link!
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I completely agree sandra! TMZ did their job but someone in the LAPD didn’t. I much more concerned about the trick in the police dept. SUCH A DAMN SHAME!
^^^ Hey Hermosa (waving) ^^^^
@ topic TMZ reminds me of the show DIRT that use to come on with Courtney Cox.
They most certainily were not in the wrong for buyying and showing the pic. All everybody was talking about non stop was this story. We live in a day and age of computers, cell phones and it’s a recession. So somebody was liable to leak the goods.
It’s all about supply and demand. If the people demand it. they will supply it.
Tmz was just doing what they do to STAY ahead. Its why their top notch, and not afraid of saying when there wrong, why there wrong, and in some cases, sticking with their stories. Its the business their in. Its the LAPD that should be at falt.
I knew tmz paid a hefty fee for the pics, but dang…i wasn’t thinking that much.
Just speakign in legal terms….How in the world is cb going to get a fair trial with all this leakage and coverage? I”m just curious……
TMZ Amazzzzzzzzzes me sometimes!!! They always have legit proof of things…and when they’re wrong they not only come out and admit to it, but will show you why they thought they were initially correct.
Anwywhoo, yeah TMZ did exactly what they were suppose to do. Its their job and honestly they are extremely good at it.
@starr…I think C. Brown is getting treated no differently then any other celeb in this matter. He is a celeb so of course its gonna be news. He isn’t the first or last to have to face a jury and on the real….this story is only big to certain communities.
62K is not alot of $ but I guess in these economic times it is. I thought the person at least got paid 100K or more TMZ would have pd at least that I do believe.
they wouldve had to give me at least half a milli on it. im selling my official pic of chris brown scratch on his face to tmz for $1 million dollars…**evil laugh** mwwaaahh!!!
off the no bull though…her face is phkd up! her nose is horribly fat too! i knew she was all make up and no natural beauty! im not fooled by the accent.
I just wish people would leave Rihanna alone! It’s getting real damn ridiculous now!!! Lord, let the chick heal and live her life as best she can after this foolishness! By now I thought the media hype would have moved on…guess not! SMH!
Chris going to jail……SMH..