Abortion
Mariah McGhee
Honors Comp and Literature
Mrs. Sexton
18 December 2013
If Privacy is Requested, it Should Be Given
The fascination with those who are famous has been around for a very long time. Since the twentieth century, famous people have been receiving public and media attention more than ever. Not only their public images and behaviors have been reported, commented on, praised or criticized within the media, its often untrue. Although we are very into celebrity life and demand information it is none of our business, as well as its very disrespectful and often gets twisted and is most information is relatively false. Many question whether the media should respect the privacy of celebrities, or to invade and intrude.
“Celebrity’s lives have become essential to our existence.” says Simpson, Thacher (pg 127) We need a little entertainment our life; coming home from a long day at work and you just need a good laugh, you turn on a comedy, with the main character performed by Ashton Kutcher. I understand that privacy is the entitled right to everyone; however, privacy is often indistinguishable from publicity when a person uses his or her personal life and private matters to attract attention and seek for influence and power, but if they are willing to put any information out there, privacy isn’t an issue for them. It’s for the ones who want to be left alone, and want to have a life without noisy paparazzi taking pictures of everything they do and constantly trying to make them look bad. We also think that their stories tie to our own life. “It conveys the idea that we have populated our lives with celebrity’s, those lead actors whose stories we eagerly watch and weave into our lives.” states Simpson, Thacher (pg 127) We often relate to celebrities more easily than to our own friends and neighbors. Instead, we use celebrities to feel connected. They have become irresistible. But it still doesn’t give anyone the right to intrude. If they offer up
Honors Comp and Literature
Mrs. Sexton
18 December 2013
If Privacy is Requested, it Should Be Given
The fascination with those who are famous has been around for a very long time. Since the twentieth century, famous people have been receiving public and media attention more than ever. Not only their public images and behaviors have been reported, commented on, praised or criticized within the media, its often untrue. Although we are very into celebrity life and demand information it is none of our business, as well as its very disrespectful and often gets twisted and is most information is relatively false. Many question whether the media should respect the privacy of celebrities, or to invade and intrude.
“Celebrity’s lives have become essential to our existence.” says Simpson, Thacher (pg 127) We need a little entertainment our life; coming home from a long day at work and you just need a good laugh, you turn on a comedy, with the main character performed by Ashton Kutcher. I understand that privacy is the entitled right to everyone; however, privacy is often indistinguishable from publicity when a person uses his or her personal life and private matters to attract attention and seek for influence and power, but if they are willing to put any information out there, privacy isn’t an issue for them. It’s for the ones who want to be left alone, and want to have a life without noisy paparazzi taking pictures of everything they do and constantly trying to make them look bad. We also think that their stories tie to our own life. “It conveys the idea that we have populated our lives with celebrity’s, those lead actors whose stories we eagerly watch and weave into our lives.” states Simpson, Thacher (pg 127) We often relate to celebrities more easily than to our own friends and neighbors. Instead, we use celebrities to feel connected. They have become irresistible. But it still doesn’t give anyone the right to intrude. If they offer up