Details of politicians’ private lives should not be published in newspapers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is argued by some that newspapers should not be allowed to publish any information about
politicians’s
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private
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This
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right
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privacy
and the potential damage to the
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family members.
First
and foremost, I believe that every individual, including politicians, should have the
right
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privacy
. Even though the
politicians’s
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goal is to serve their society and must set an example in terms of their behaviour, it does not mean that every detail in their personal
lives
should be available to the general population.
For example
, a politician that has a certain sexual identity must be granted
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the
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to decide for himself if he wants that information to be shared with the public or not
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every other individual has.
Secondly
, publishing facts regarding the private
lives
of politicians might have consequences on their family members as well.
In contrast
to politicians themselves, their families did not choose to live a public life and should
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have the
right
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privacy
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Moreover
, newspapers publishing items about the private life of a politician could cause
its
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family to be broken apart.
For instance
, in my
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a famous politician had to get a divorce because of a certain article in the local newspaper which reported he was having an affair. In conclusion, I strongly believe that newspapers must avoid publishing intimate details about
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private
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due to their basic
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and in order to minimize the potential damage to their families.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • intrusion
  • accountability
  • transparency
  • sensationalism
  • privacy
  • public interest
  • collateral damage
  • precedent
  • responsible journalism
  • exploitation
  • democratic processes
  • media culture
  • balance
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