Actually, the news worthiness of the Hilton tape is created by the fact she is well known and that they announced they had it.... The media and Hilton family reaction to it's existence and threat of release is "the news"....
The release of the tape is the final outcome... the end of the story per se...
Same with the Lynch tape.... It became newsworthy because she became wellknown and then the existence of the tape became known....
You could play that with almost any poiece of video of anyone....
Take a video of an unknown..... Tell the press and the person that you are going to release a tape of so and so.... If the media reacts strongly enough or if the person goes publically to the legal system at that point, the tape becomes newsworthy....
imho of course....
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