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Oh I totally get this, which is why I said "I'm not sure how I feel about it". There is some value in doing the above, but there are also downsides. Like Yaniv may eventually decide to really shut down and cut all info sources, though that would be surprising (and sunk cost fallacy dictates that he continues his crusade until the end).
It's really telling they went out and tried to engage the guy again.
I personally think pure Paparazzi/follow notorious people until you can't anymore because they go somewhere that you can't enter is kinda counterproductive to information gathering. That's because I'm more interested in people being asked embarrassing questions and embarrassing themselves than seeing them chimp out. But I understand that there are other good things that can come out of that kind of tabloid type journalism.
And being able to do this kind of journalism is very important. This must not be impeded.
Not sure how this works but maybe someone
@AnOminous can help. Anyone else can pitch in, too. The question is: If you go around following someone and trying to engage them while they say "no, no, go away", and then they decide to attack you to make you leave, who is at fault? I understand that you cannot hit people in any circumstance except when people are actively hitting you to make them stop. On the other hand, the journalist knows that if he keeps doing this, Yaniv will eventually get violent, and he could leave the situation. Could this be used against the journalist? There's also the fact that Miriam went and engaged the journalist again when he left. She should have stayed inside instead of putting oil on the fire.