PR!NCE$$ D!ANA

Today my friend and me talk about Princess Diana, my friend like Princess Diana so much. So when we discuss on this topic she is so serious but I think it ‘s the good idea, and wanna tell another about her idea.

In 1997, there was a news that shock the world: the death of one of the most famous celebrities in the world, Princess Diana, who died from being chased by the paparazzi. The photographers who pursued Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed, her affair, into the tunnel under the Seine River were quickly arrested, but none of the publications that bought their pictures have so far been taken into custody. Because if the publications did not buy, the photographers would not shoot. Given this news, the serious situation, most people would wonder whose fault it is. In my opinion, the media are the ones who are really to blame for several reasons: they publish news reports for their own benefit, they intrude on the privacy of celebrities, and they effect celebrities’ lives.

The first reason for blaming the media is that they publishes news reports for their own benefit without considering how they may effect other people’s lives. They only think of gaining money, fame, and programme ratings. The more famous the celebrities are, the more money and fame the media will get. Though they know that the pictures that they take annoy and disturb the privacy of the others, they continue doing it. At the time they already have the pictures, they will sell them to the press or the entertainment programme for propagating those pictures. If the public interests in the news, the programme ratings will increase. So, the sponsors will offer them even more money. This will motivate the media to search for the celebrities’ pictures without consideration for their privacy.

The second reason is that the media intrude on the privacy of the celebrities. The base of human nature is curiosity. People always want to know others’ business, especially the bad side. So, it is the duty of the media to find out about the celebrities’ background, secrets, and private lives. Some celebrities have bad backgrounds, but they already repented. But if the media digs their backgrounds up, their reputations will be destroyed. Also, everybody has secrets both good and bad that they do not want anyone else to know about. But the media try very hard to find out the celebrities’ secrets to publish to the public, especially wicked ones. This will raise the sales target. Moreover, celebrities’ private lives interfere with the media. The paparazzi infringe on the celebrities right to privacy. For example, Thailand is currently being inundated by hot news about the pregnancy of the famous actress
Mam Cathariya McIntosh. The media pushed her for announcing her pregnancy. Now she has already flown to Detroit because she could not stand the annoyance. Therefore, considering all ofthese reasons, I think that the media should not intrude on the others’ privacy

The final reason for blaming the media is that their intrusion affects celebrities’ lives. First of all, it makes the celebrities insincere, even with their girlfriends or boyfriends, because they afraid that their secrets will be sold and disclosed to the public. Secondly, the celebrities lose their selves. They have to pretend to be what the public wants them to be in order to avoid bad press. They have to try to be good role models for teenagers by participating in social campaigns, such as no smoking, do not drive if you drink etc., even when they do not want to. Finally, the intrusion may cause celebrities’ deaths. This seems to be the exaggeration, but it happened. For example, in the case of the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. They tried to drive away from the paparazzi so that they had an accident and died on the spot. This resulted from the paparazzi’s action. They wanted to get Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed’s pictures and news without considering the effect that will follow. They got the biggest news story of the year, but Prince William and Prince Harry lost their mother, and the world lost their beloved Princess Diana, Princess of Wales. This is not worth exchange. So, the media should think hardly about the effect that would occur to the others’ lives.

Consequently, for all of these reasons, the media are the ones who are really to blame because they publish news reports for their own benefit without considering how they may effect other people’s lives, they intrude on the privacy of other people, and they effect celebrities’ lives. I would like to suggest that the media should follow proper etiquette, set limits in reporting news, and, most importantly, respect others’, especially the celebrities’, right to privacy. o(^o^)o