Are news stations guilty of detraction when they release the names of people involved in something that makes them look bad? I know that the release of names could help people who know such people but it would seem that most people have no reason to know about said individual exposed by the news. How about true crime shows when they name the suspect in a murder case?

I hate to say this, but such a concern borders on scrupulosity.

Things that affect the well-being and safety of society in general cease to be private matters.  News outlets cannot segregate their news so as only to notify those who might be directly affected by the actions of a miscreant.

I mean more like stuff like reporting petty stuff like "Florida man dresses up as chicken and screams slur" or "Florida man wears something embarrassing in public." Stuff that is tabloid tier and not needed to be known on an international level.

I mean more like stuff like reporting petty stuff like "Florida man dresses up as chicken and screams slur" or "Florida man wears something embarrassing in public." Stuff that is tabloid tier and not needed to be known on an international level.

By the time it hits the media, it's no longer private, and even if it is a sin of detraction (just for the sake of argument) by whomever first writes about it or comments on it, that ship has sailed, and for good or for ill, it has become "news".  It's a hidden failing no longer.

You can't help what you see when you pick up a newspaper or land onto a website.  At that point, at worst, it becomes "minutes of my life I'll never get back" having burned brain cells absorbing that kind of useless information.

I look at the Daily Mail's website every day, and when the celebrity gossip and other such swill sinks below a certain level, I just say "oh, please, nobody's got time for that, that's just gross", and don't involve myself with it.  I use it as a resource to get an angle on US news that I wouldn't get in stateside media.  They really dig deeply into crime stories and the like, and don't have much of a political-correctness filter.  Refreshing.

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They didn’t name the sick person, thank God!  But if they had, this would be detraction and a basis for a very large lawsuit!  I’d normally NOT click on a headline like this, but here’s a perfect example of media to avoid!  
The poor guy or lady must have been highly embarrassed!   For his or her humility!