Are Recorded Calls Newsworthy?

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By now everyone has heard and/or seen Milos Sarcev’s meltdown on Xavier Wills of Desktop Bodybuilding. Milos also had a similar blowout with Ivan Bodybuilding over a story that went out dealing with a competitor he worked with. The difference between the two breaks, however, is Desktop Bodybuilding had a record of the conversation, released their take of what happened, and included the audio/video for the world to see.

I personally, don’t have an issue with recording calls. I don’t do it myself, but the state I live in is what’s called a single party consent state. That means that so long as one person consents to recording a call, the other person(s) don’t have to. In fact, they may be recorded without their knowledge. If you can record the call, you may be able to use it for news purposes. That being the case, I don’t think Xavier did anything illegal by recording the audio/video call. I don’t know how the laws in Australia work and/or what state Milos resides in, but chances are it’s all on the up and up.

But what about ethically? Should calls and video chats between two individuals – no matter the context – ever be made public? What about privacy? Well there’s a lot to talk about there.

Now Milos did say on the call that he had no issue with Xavier releasing the transcripts. By this, I take that to mean the texts, but I don’t think it would extend to audio and/or video. Should Milos have known that he was being recorded? I think that’s up for debate. But we’ll talk about that later in the article.

Are Recorded Calls Newsworthy? - IronMag Labs Bodybuilding Supplements

by Christian Duque By now everyone has heard and/or seen Milos Sarcev’s meltdown on Xavier Wills of Desktop Bodybuilding. Milos also had a similar blowout with Ivan Bodybuilding over a story that went out dealing with a competitor he worked with. The difference between the two breaks, however...

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