If you have ever been a victim, let alone someone, who caused a public incident, you may have seen your name and your location, without your permission, in the local paper or news station. This is a violation of an individuals privacy rights that one should have, as a perk of being a United States citizen. No means of media, whether by newspaper, radio, or television, should be able to have access to someones personal information, without the person themselves giving written consent to do so. Journalists would argue that it is not sufficient enough to give scant details of a suspect or victim,and consider it a responsibility to inform the public promptly with as many details as they can. Just as you can deny a cop access to search of your car, it is no different to deny the media attaining your personal information. But somehow, they seem to think this injustice is a perfectly acceptable, journalistic practice. From local incidents such as robberies, to national events such as mass shootings, the media should not be able to access, let alone publish, information without the suspects/victims written consent in person. The role of the press needs to completely be revised, so it reports an issue yet respects the privacy of the victimized, and the accused/convicted. It only makes sense to do as such.
You are largely correct. But you are mistaken when you say you can deny a cop permission to search your car as police can come up with any pretense to "justify" it. Thereafter, the courts routinely defend the cops even if they have planted the evidence. We have had numerous links posted on this site to prove it. As for the right to privacy, I am in agreement that there is a great danger to innocents when the media reports names of suspects or persons caught up in police actions. I well remember the case in Cleveland where two women were kidnapped by a man and kept in his cellar. He had been visited by two friends, neither of whom suspected that he lived his life of crime. When the police made their raid into the kidnapper's home, they arrested the visitors, published their names, faces, and locations in the newspapers, and locked them up for hours. Both thought they would have to spend the rest of their lives in jail for a crime they did not commit. Then, their families were harassed and threatened by others because of their alleged complicity. It was two or three days later that police determined the two men had absolutely nothing to do with the crime and released them. This after their families were forced to move from their homes for fear of being attacked. Let anyone in this forum put themselves in the position of those two innocent men and their families. What would they be thinking if they were caught up in a hell storm like that. The news media must protect the rights of innocents as you say. But police bear an even greater responsibility in this regard. And this is one thing many have largely disregarded on this forum.
