http://now.msn.com/entertainment/0315-celebrity-ghost-writer.aspx
http://mywordlyobsessions.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/ghost-writers-artists-or-posers/
Ghost writers
The concept of ghost writing brings up so many questions. As a consumer, I expect to be purchasing the written work of the author on the cover. I believe paying another person to write for you violates the consumer/author expectations. If I purchase an autobiography, I want it to be a book of personal recollections of your own experiences. I believe the ghost writer should be named. Not for the ghostwriter, but for the consumer. It is called integrity, something lost on many celebrities.
Why is ghost writing so much different from lip syncing? In some respects ghost writing is the same as lip syncing. The artists in both areas claim that the are producing the content. Both artists are using subderfuge to con consumers. The artists both claim that lip syncing and ghost writing is normal and common. Lip syncing tends to be caught more often. Ghost writer are paid-off for their silence. Either way, I believe that it is a violation of the consumers trust.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/FallConcert/story?id=6467899&page=1
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