When Does Making a News Article Cross The Line of Ethics? On January 26th, basketball hall of fame legend Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter accident along with his 13-year-old daughter while they were en route to a basketball game. The highly popular celebrity news outlet known as TMZ did not the police notify the Bryant family before they posted the news. Given the amount of popularity and reach TMZ has with the public, the Bryant family discovered the news via their news article, rather than being notified by the police. Imagine finding out a family member of yours passed away from a news article. Was it more important to get the news out there without considering that the family may find out about the news before the police were able to notify them? "It would be extremely disrespectful to understand that your loved one ... perished and you learn about it from TMZ," he said. "That is just wholly inappropriate," said Sheriff Alex Villanueva. So