Op-Ed: Britney Spears Deals With Hospital Security Breaches For Second Time

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Jeri Simpson the hospital's director of human resources has confirmed actions in the breach of confidentially incident are being taken.

Most questions that are being asked by the media though will probably go unanswered. There is no word from the medical centre as to which of the times Spears stayed at the hospital or from which records the snoopers looked at. However the Los Angeles Times reported that the incidents in question concern Britney Spears' medical not mental health records during her most recent hospital stay. A total of 13 employees will be fired with 12 others facing discipline for viewing her computerized records. Several doctors are among those being disciplined.

Ms. Spears has had security problems from the same hospital before. In September 2005 workers were fired after being caught snooping when first son Sean Preston was born.

"It's not only surprising, it's very frustrating and it's very disappointing," Simpson told the newspaper, adding that she felt "horrible" that it happened again.

So what does the media have to do with this?

When the price for a person is so high that unethical people will risk all for a snippet of information the media is at fault. Not directly but as the underlining factor the source has to be able to acknowledge their part.

Most of the stories online about these incidents also have a footer on how far Spears has fallen. Her current mental health issues aren't at issue its the breach of confidentiality that is the story.

Do you think that the media should be also disciplined when these types of revelations come out? What is your take?