Online Scrutiny
Here in Australia this week, a scandal has emerged after the coach of an Australian hockey team, the Hockyroos, posted this as her facebook status:
“Nikki thinks the running of the bulls should be changed & we should be chased by the spainish [sic] mens hockey team,”
“I would definately [sic] make sure I got caught and impaled!”
She apologised for her lewd remarks.
Why?
If the general public intend to snoop around the life of a sporting professional online, and take offence at something she said about herself, not a case of libel, surely they should be mature enough to deal with a mature woman’s choices?
That is her private life. Just because she coaches a well known team does not and should not mean her entire life is open to public scrutiny and censure.
Is this another example of privacy invasions afforded by the internet, or is it a case of the public and the press not knowing their place and their responsibilities when it comes to an individual’s private life?
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