Quick Hide, It's the Paparazzi

Are the paparazzi getting too close? Well that is the title of the article I selected to analyze for this weeks assignment. It starts off by telling us about one of LA’s most notorious paparazzi, Galo Ramirez. Who is he you might ask, well I said the same thing myself. He is the photographer that was involved in auto accident back in May of 2006 with a celebrity. That celebrity is our very own Lindsay Lohan.
That car crash alone caused a big stir which lead to the creation of a new state law that would penalize reckless photographers. Ramirez who is now 27 was dropped from his agency because he was facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Now I don’t know about you but was that photo really worth all that hassle? Well the tables were soon turned on Ramirez as he was now the subject of his own peers.
The article goes on to state that they waited outside his home to get photos of him. Who is he, the man who supposedly attacked Lohan that’s who. As stated by Ramirez, “I was getting doorstepped for a month; they flipped the lens on me.” Soon after Ramirez found a job doing office work for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center the LA times posted an article stating that no charges were going to be filed against him. That was not a good thing because that made his former job know to his new employer which in turn got him fired.
While reading this article I wonder if the paparazzi have a right to snap photos anytime they want. I mean if you are a pop icon or a superstar, don’t you have the right to privacy. I’m really on the fence when it comes to this subject because on one hand if you are famous what do you expect to happen. But on the other hand, anyone other then the icon should not be photographed without permission. That would include friends, parents and the most important of all children. Although someone may be famous they have a right to spend time with their family and friends peacefully. Throughout this whole ordeal Ramirez landed a job with JFK direct and they now post a Lindsay crash memento in his honor.

Article URL:
http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=308016