Article: WHO WILL DEFINE `PUBLIC INTEREST'?(Editorial)(Column)

Byline: Nat Hentoff Newspaper Enterprise Association

An aftermath of the car crash that killed Princess Diana has been an urgent call for laws to punish piranha-like photographers. In New York, a coalition - including NOW and domestic violence groups - is supporting with renewed vigor a previously introduced anti-stalking bill that encompasses photographers.

California state senator Tom Hayden - a founder long ago of the free-spirited Students for a Democratic Society - has introduced legislation that would penalize photographers who do not stay 50 to 100 feet away from celebrities not taking part in public events. But celebrities, just by being, often ...

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