【正确答案】Is It Fair to Cover the Private Life of Celebrities?
An entire industry of celebrity journalism has developed. Stars often complain about paparazzi hounding them and about their privacy published in the media. Do celebrities have a right to protect their privacy? As far as I am concerned, the private life of celebrities should not fall victim to the vulgar business culture,
First of all, the sensational coverage only leads to a contradiction to the purpose of a sound journalism-supervision by public opinion. If a public figure is engaged in corruption, law- breaking, abuse of power or hypocrisy, the media has the right to expose them, but now, for most of the time, mass media just deliberately hunts for senseless chores of the famous people in order to draw the public' s attention. An endless stream of TV programs featuring love affairs and scandals are far from serving the interests of the society. They go beyond the bounds of decency, catering for the bad taste of some audience. Furthermore, every citizen is entitled to a private life free from disturbance of others, and celebrities and public figures are no exception. A famous person, like other individuals, is protected by Right of Privacy from emotional harm such as embarrassment and humiliation, especially publicly. The celebrity journalism actually stays out of human rights.
All in all, it is not only immoral, but also illegal to intrude an individual's privacy, physically or mentally. Perhaps it is time to recognize limits to this openness. The high wall is itself a protection of liberty.