Selling your story - words of warning
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People who try to make money out of something unusual that has happened to them or their friends often live to rue the day – especially if they break a confidence just to earn some extra cash.
The real victim of most ‘kiss and tell’ stories is the person who does the selling. Few consider the horrendous consequences which can wreck their lives and those of their friends.
Publicity-seekers cannot easily complain if their story backfires on them. By taking money they become ‘fair game’ in the eyes of the media.
When a publication ‘buys an exclusive’ it gains control of a person’s life – even a good hotel loses its glamour when you are a virtual prisoner – and can run the story however and whenever it chooses.
One publication may have bought the rights to a story, but there is nothing to prevent its rivals publishing different versions of events.
Some editors may claim the public have a right to know about the story – but there is a world of difference between an item that is ‘of interest t...
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