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Submitted by debritz on December 3, 2008 - 11:25.

Patrick Swayze is rightly annoyed about media reports concerning his health. Here's what he says:

"They're reporting that I'm on my last legs and saying goodbye to my tearful family! ... It's upsetting that the shoddy and reckless reporting from these publications cast a negative shadow on the positive and good fight I'm fighting."

The big question is: Even if the reporters and editors involved believed it to be true that he was dying imminently, should they have published it?

Your a respected journalist

Submitted by iforsy (not verified) on December 3, 2008 - 18:46.

Your a respected journalist Brett...what would you have done ? Would you have written the story ?
It seems to be an easy cop out for some journos to leave it to the editors to make the decision as to print the story or not.If they used some decency and didnt write the story in the first place...Problem solved???
I firmly believe that us,the great unwashed,dont have to know everything.

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Thanks for the

Submitted by debritz on December 3, 2008 - 21:08.
Thanks for the compliment! The problem with a story like this is that it may simply have been made up. Sadly, I can easily imagine a scenario where a group of journalists decide that Patrick Swayze is looking ill (which he undoubtedly is) and then invent some sources to say that he is saying farewell to his family. You are correct: even if it's true, and the source is real, there is still a line to be drawn when it comes to the public's right to know. And that depends on who the person is. If, for example, it's the President of the US, with his finger on the nuclear button, who has taken seriously ill, then the public does have a right to know if it can affect his ability to do his job. With just about everybody else, though, it's none of our business unless and until the person themselves decides to make it public.
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Fair suck of the sav! I'd be

Submitted by Victor (not verified) on December 3, 2008 - 23:42.

Fair suck of the sav! I'd be annoyed too if they got it wrong... who in their right mind would want to play the victim! Then again, Swayze has lost his pull ...

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