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DEBATE: PAPARAZZI AND PRESS INTRUDE TOO MUCH INTO CELEBRITIES LIVES
Posted by: Rebecca Jackson
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We live in an age addicted to information and celebrity culture. With the latest news that Fabio Capello is enraged by the publishing of holiday photos of him and his wife, this commonly asked question is being raised once again.
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PAPARAZZI AND PRESS INTRUDE TOO MUCH INTO CELEBRITIES LIVES
Everyone deserves a right to privacy
Public figures do not sign up for a total invasion of their privacy. Few of us lead lives that could not be manipulated into a newsworthy story on a slow news day. Just because these people contribute to the world in front of the public eye does not mean that they should be denied the right to privacy and respect.
Many celebrities publicly court publicity and media attention when it suits them and then complain when it doesn't. They earn a lot of money as a bi-product of this attention. They know what they are getting in to when they pursue lives and careers in the public eye.
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PAPARAZZI AND PRESS INTRUDE TOO MUCH INTO CELEBRITIES LIVES
Addiction to celebrity culture and information is unhealthy
The public's consumption of magazines and tabloids is unhealthy and not only has a damaging effect on the privacy and sanity of the celebrities but also on us. They should be allowed to live a certain part of their lives in privacy and seclusion from press intrusion just as we are allowed to.
... and therefore the public, not the paparazzi, should be blamed. The paparazzi would not be so intrusive if the public did not create demand for the personal details of celebrities. Therefore this point is not quite relevant to the debate - it could be true or false and not contribute either way to 'whether the paparazzi intrude too much'.
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PAPARAZZI AND PRESS INTRUDE TOO MUCH INTO CELEBRITIES LIVES
In the case of paparazzi lives are put at risk
Further to the invasion of privacy there is an unnecessary hounding of public figures. The paparazzi often endanger both their own and the celebrity they are following lives to get a photograph.
PAPARAZZI AND PRESS INTRUDE TOO MUCH INTO CELEBRITIES LIVES
Public figures have a responsibility to be role models
...just because someone has a lot of media attention does not mean that they want to be (or think they should be) role models for how other people live their lives.
Countries that hold it as a rule to protect their public figures from the brand of journalism that reveals their secrets, such as the revelation about Robin Cook's affair can open them up to being deceived on more serious matters. We need to know we can trust our public figures and they should feel a responsibility to uphold certain morals.
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Rebecca Jackson
|19:11, 29 September 09
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|19:13, 29 September 09
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|18:54, 28 October 09
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