Bus 415 Ethics Case National Enquier

The National Enquirer is not your average news magazine or publication. It is a tabloid, based in Boca Raton, Fl. It is owned by American Media Operations Incorporated. The National Enquirer is predominantly a mixture of information about the news and celebrities. It is published on a weekly basis, so there are always supposed current articles. Roughly 5,000,000 copies are distributed weekly worldwide. Approximately 600,000 copies are sold in California weekly (Cheeseman, 2010). Unfortunately, there have been allegations made that a lot of articles are quite false and interfere with people’s reputations and cause Some of these allegations have even made their way to the court system and have turned into law suits against The National Inquirer. The publication published an editorial about an entertainer named Shirley Jones. She resides in California and filed a libelous material lawsuit against the National Enquirer. The article described her as an alcoholic. This article was released in California where again 600,000 copies are sold and Ms. Jones works and lives is detrimental to her reputation.

Even though The National Enquired edited and published the article in Florida, Ms. Jones filed the lawsuit in California, where she lives and makes a living. Ms. Jones’s reputation was ultimately ruined with the accusations that were made public by National Enquirer. The information reported in the tabloid is quite enticing to readers because of the controversial information that the National Enquirer releases. The tabloid’s mainly focuses on the gossip of celebrities’ personal life and controversial stories. In this particular case, Ms. Jones filed the lawsuit with the California State Supreme Court, seeking compensation for the suspected slander and the incursion of privacy and intended infliction of emotional pain. These allegations filed with the California State Supreme court is known as "Calder v. Jones", 465 U.S. 783 (1984) (Cheeseman, 2010). The distributor,...