Privacy? Actually, no.

The issue of privacy in the media is an interesting one. I wracked my brain to think of a case in which i felt the media delved too far into someone's personal life. I was having a hard time, which I know is silly, because I'm fairly confident that I've seen some information presented on the news that I know wasn't relevant or necessary.

I guess my issue here is that most of the times they talk about people's personal lives, the people are public figures. recognizable faces. icons. people "we" care about. I think of all the celebrity news. I can't help but replay "Leave Britney Alone" in my head. And you know what? I think celebrities forfeit their privacy when they allow their fame to carry them in that way.

I can think of plenty of celebrities who I don't hear much about, regardless of their popularity. This has got to be a consequence of lifestyle. The people who get their lives inspected with a microscope are the ones who don't mind. I'd even go so far as to say they invite it. I've never been followed by the paparazzi personally, but I'm sure its stressful and no fun and all that jazz, but I can think of a lot of celebrity who are not associated with the latest scandal, or any scandal for that matter.

If someone makes the choice to be in the public eye, then I believe it becomes their responsibility to maintain their privacy. They have the option. It's possible.



In CONCLUSION: no sympathy. Dig in. Lay it on: they're asking for it. Every celebrity who's name I see in the news shall be officially and forever labeled a willing participant in an excercise in personal unprivacy.



...After that, I find myself still incapable of finding an example of a case in which I learned more about a person than they deserved. I suppose the best I can think of is when details about suspects in crimes are released before the suspect stops being a suspect and becomes an official perpetrator. That's lame. If someone's minding their own business, then we shouldn't hear about the aforementioned business: it's theirs, after all.

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