Many newspapers and magazines feature stories about the private lives of famous people. We know what they eat, where they buy their clothes and who they love. We also often see pictures of them in private situations. Is it appropriate for a magazine or newspaper to give this kind of private information about people?

Generally, the public read

newspapers

to find out about the world's current affairs and they read

magazines

to be entertained.

Therefore

, one would expect to find articles that feature the private lives of famous people in

magazines

rather than

newspapers

.

However

, nowadays, more and more

newspapers

include stories like these which are neither informative nor useful. In my opinion,

this

type of gossip about the public's private lives should not be in

newspapers

for several reasons.

Firstly

,

for example

, the fact that Princess Diana is going out with a sportsman is not important news.

Secondly

, if

newspapers

want to publish articles about the famous public they should focus on their public events and achievements.

In other words

, if there is an article about Princess Diana it should be about her works of charity,which will increase awareness of important problems.

In addition

, journalists should make sure that they write about the facts only, not rumours. One should be able to rely on

newspapers

for the actual truth.

Magazines

on the other hand

focus on social news. But I feel it is more acceptable for them to contain some features about famous personalities.

In addition

to being popular reading, these stories often benefit the stars by giving free publicity to them, thereby helping their careers.

However

, I

also

believe that magazine stories should not mention things that are too embarrassing or untrue just to attract the public to buy the

magazines

. In conclusion, I think

newspapers

should concentrate on real news but

magazines

can feature some articles on the public's private lives.