The Globe supermarket tabloid recently broke a sacred journalism covenant by publishing the full name and photograph of the alleged victim in the Kobe Bryant case.
Earlier this year, the Globe published a July cover story that also featured the woman's photograph. Although she was recognizable to her friends and acquaintances, the tabloid shielded her eyes with a black bar and her name was not revealed.
Under a new California law, victims of assaults by paparazzi can ask for punitive damages and a court order stripping the photographer of any proceeds from pictures taken during the assault.
For ordinary people, it's no doubt difficult to imagine that anyone would risk the life of another human being to get a picture or story, but I'm sorry to tell you, such rituals are common for tabloid journalists.
