Rihanna's fans demand an apology

As you know, Rhianna's photo that was taken the night that she got into the altercation with Chris Brown has been floating around the Internet like a loose plastic bag on a windy day; and all of this started with TMZ.com.

Well, not really. It started with the leak of said photo from the Los Angeles Police Department, the same department that's supposed to protect and serve, but I digress.

Apparently, TMZ broke out their check books to pay $62,500 for the photo so that they could have first dibs on the story, big mistake.

Rihanna's dad is not the only one seeking the staff at TMZ's head on a platter, her fans want a piece of the action too. So much so that they have gone ahead and started a petition demanding an apology from TMZ to Rihanna as well as the fans for publishing the photo on their website. This of course started the chain of Rihanna's photo being posted on almost every website and blog known to man, with the exception of M.Y. of course.

Here is the petition,

"To TMZ.com Staff,

This petition is addressed to editors of TMZ.com who have posted a photo of injured Rihanna in the eve of her 21st birthday. We - the fans all around the world - feel that this action was very unethical and TMZ showed no respect to Rihanna's privacy in these troubled times.

Media nowdays does everything to increse their popularity and often use actions against all moral and ethical principles. We want to prove that we do not support this.

Rihanna is a young and innocent woman and we do not understand why TMZ or anyone who has spread the pictures taken by LA police department, has decided to punish her by posting this violent material in order to gain publicity.

We demand from TMZ editors to post on their website an apologize to Rihanna and her fans for their disrespectful behaviour.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned"


The release of the photo was highly immoral, embarrasing, and it definitely crossed the line given the situation. I mos def feel that they owe everyone an apology. You can chase the money but you can also have a heart and clearly theirs was replaced with an ice box. Shame on it! This just ain't the week for sensational news companies now is it?