I do shake my head in disgust at stuff like TMZ, Inside Edition, and other stuff that is basically paparazzi or bad journalism. The effort to make stories is very minimal and it drives into nothing but hate. In the last 24 hours, Kansas City Chiefs running back has been cut for a February incident that including assaulting a woman. A video had just been posted to TMZ and the club released him.
If it was a recent incident in the last week or two, I wouldn't be bothered to do a blog. But from an incident in February? I do think what Hunt did was very stupid and completely unnecessary. What's making me scratch my head at this is why wait until a critical part of the NFL season? Is TMZ trying to sabotage the Chiefs? I want to say yes, but I don't know. We're a month away from football playoffs, and it changes everything in the AFC.
There's a reason why the paparazzi has been hated for over 20 years. Ever since the car accident that killed Princess Diana in France, it puts these so called journalists below tons of professionals. While TMZ may be looked at and sourced by certain TV channels and newspapers, it doesn't mean they are a completely innocent group. Going after celebrities and specific incidents make them no different than ambulance chasers. This could be the case with Hunt, even though what he did was wrong.
One of these days, someone from TMZ, Inside Edition, or one of those paparazzi sites or shows, is going to get killed for sticking their nose into a thing that they shouldn't have been. It only takes one major incident for things to have major change. Whether the Chiefs or NFL does something to look further into whether TMZ did this deliberately, I don't know. Either way, whoever posted the video is going to get a lot, and I mean, a lot of hate.
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