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voyeurism stories: 3 news summaries

Mug Shots Are Cheap Thrills for Media, Readers

Print, web outlets get booking photos free, and find lots of fans

Dec 8, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Print and web publishers are cashing in a curious American obsession: mug shots. Not just celebrities, whose how-the-mighty-have-fallen appeal is obvious, but pictures of regular folk arrested for pederasty, assault or simply loitering. Web editions of Newsday and the Palm Beach Post, for example, run sections of nothing but booking... More »

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online media • crime • photography • journalism • print journalism • schadenfreude • voyeurism


 Japanese iPhone
 Deters Perverts 

Loud 'shutter' sound cannot be disabled

Jul 22, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Japanese version of the iPhone 3G has one small difference from those sold elsewhere: the “shutter” sound it makes when the camera snaps a photo is always on, even when the phone is in silent mode, the Cult of Mac reports. The conspicuous sound is intended to discourage... More »

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Japan • iPhone • digital photography • voyeurism • iPhone 3G

Joie de Vivre Sapped, French Turn to Web

Site houses tales of woe, provides outlet, voyeuristic thrill

Apr 25, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - French website Vie de Merde is receiving all the misery it can handle, Der Spiegel reports. Since its February launch, France’s answer to group therapy (translated "life is shit") has posted 2,400 tales of woe. Another 40,000 are waiting in the wings, says its founder. More »

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depression • France • website • therapy • schadenfreude • voyeurism

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