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AS THE PAPARAZZI RUN FOR COVER, THE PRESS--AND THE PUBLIC TOO--TAKES A HARD LOOK AT ITS SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN PARIS

Hollywood celebrities were cropping up so often on TV talk shows last week that you would have thought it was Oscar time. They were grieved, of course, over the tragic death of Princess Diana. But they were also eager to gripe about the paparazzi, whose aggressive tactics may have played a role in her death. Elizabeth Taylor called them murderers. Tom Cruise recounted how he and his wife Nicole Kidman had been chased by photographers through the very same Paris tunnel. Everyone from George Clooney to Whoopi Goldberg chimed in; boycotts were advocated; legislation proposed. Some stars reportedly even want to...

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