"In a heavy British accent, a ballistic Brit screamed (about her parents), 'I'm so sick of all of this they can have the goddamn house and stick it up their f**king asses. Actually, no they can't.'"
—TMZ.com staff report, dated Feb. 1, on Britney Spears' latest round in the UCLA Psych Ward
"Why does TMZ know this stuff? UCLA's staff is breaking privacy laws [HIPAA] by disclosing this information."
—"Lisa," posting on TMZ's Reader Comments
"Perhaps her roomie is calling TMZ and, before she did, she was given some kind of warning: "'Girl, if you don't shut your mouth so I can get some rest I'm gonna call TMZ and TELL ON YOU!!!!'"
—"truthiness," hypothesizing about the confidentiality matter on TMZ's Reader Comments
"Patient privacy is a priority at UCLA's hospitals and clinics. All journalists must be escorted by a media relations officer when reporting inside any UCLA hospital, clinic or patient care facility."
—UCLA Health Sciences' Media Relations website
Sources: tmz.com, UCLAhealth.org
This article appears in Feb 6-12, 2008.