问答题 On the most cases, famous people are no longer private individuals but public figures or property. Is it fair to cover celebrities' private lives in the mass media? Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given more privacy, or is the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives? Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
Is It Fair to Cover the Private Life of Celebrities?

You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, you should clearly present your view.
In the second part, you should support your view with two reasons.
In the last part, you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.
Marks will be awarded according to its content, organization and appropriate use of language.
Failure to follow these instructions will result in the loss of marks.


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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.
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