Ellen Pompeo Slams Media Outlet for Coverage of Kobe Bryant's Crash
Ellen Pompeo is calling out a media outlet for how it handled coverage of Kobe Bryant‘s fatal helicopter crash.
The 50-year-old Grey’s Anatomy star took to Twitter on Tuesday (January 28) to voice her concerns, specifically with regard to TMZ and its founder, Harvey Levin.
“I wonder why police departments give @HarveyLevinTMZ all this sensitive info?” Ellen wrote. “I wonder why @HarveyLevinTMZ puts out photos of women who have been attacked or assaulted. …Who were victims ? Exploiting women who have been abused… why is this guy still in business at all?”
“So many questions I have …if we are not tolerating abuse anymore… shouldn’t we be calling this out?” she continued. “Exploiting women who have been abused… exploiting the brutal sudden death of peoples loved ones is certainly emotional abuse… I call times up on his behavior.”
She added, “We should be furious about the history of this media outlet regarding women… it’s not news it’s exploitation.”
See the rest of Ellen Pompeo‘s tweets below.
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So many peoples lives will never be the same after this tragedy… but you got your scoop. Hope you sleep well at night @HarveyLevinTMZ I’m sure you do…
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 28, 2020
Click inside to read the rest of her tweets…
I think the first responders were a little busy… we don’t go after first responders we celebrate them… they are real heros and I work with so many of them and they are discreet and amazing. Steady streams of info come from steady streams of cash maybe? Just a question ? https://t.co/oQVfyjv595
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 28, 2020
All just questions to provoke thought… what is the purpose of this kind of media?
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 28, 2020
For decades tabloid media emotionally abuses women and we are their biggest audience
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 28, 2020
This is exactly the question… how did they report it before law enforcement got to the families? It’s not really that hard to figure out https://t.co/p2G4Cd6Skn
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 28, 2020
the airline employees get paid because let me tell you there are very specific airlines who always have paps and very specific ones that don’t https://t.co/zTVpiuJ8dl
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 28, 2020
It is!!! and what I’m saying is that there is a history with this outlet specific specifically having pictures and having stories that only the police have https://t.co/wEQp7Idwtr
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 28, 2020
And that is what you call …wait for it…white male privilege! He simply says a “friend” in law enforcement told him 1st &somehow because he is a white man saying it it makes it okay w you youre defending him. WTF would law enforcement tell him anything? https://t.co/AHWm206SeF
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 29, 2020
He has built an Empire on making a lot of the lapd and sheriffs his friends…. that’s why he gets all the info. Get it? He gets every story first why do you think that is?
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 29, 2020
And what’s more annoying than anything is that he knows that simpleton excuse is enough like everyone is an idiot…and he’s not entirely wrong there are a lot of them https://t.co/eal05e3qfJ
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 29, 2020
This is what https://t.co/6Y2ipNbDB3 reported and why they started a petition https://t.co/HGjdkpH8YV
— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 29, 2020
You know what I want to know? How come Harvey Levin doesn’t know who killed Tupac or Biggie?
😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳— Ellen Pompeo (@EllenPompeo) January 29, 2020