Many newspapers, magazines and television programmes make money by reporting on the private lives of public figures such as politicians, sports personalities and entertainers. While the media's right to freedom of expression should be defended, the media should not intrude into people's private affairs. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

​​It has been increasingly common for the

media

to make public the private

lives

of the elite and celebrities against their will. Some may argue that

such

practice is warranted owing to the

media

’s freedom of speech,

while

others disagree strongly with it because it is a violation of personal

privacy

. The primary reason why the

media

should not intrude into people’s private

lives

is that everyone is entitled to

privacy

.

In particular

, celebrities whose personal dealings,

interactions

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with families and friends are put

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the spotlight might feel distressed.

Moreover

, most of the news about celebrities’ private affairs

serve

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no constructive purpose other than satisfying one’s curiosity about trivial matters. Indeed, nobody’s

privacy

or comfort zone should be encroached upon

for

this

reason. Another important justification for protecting individual

privacy

from

media

scrutiny despite the

media

’s entitlement to freedom of speech is that an individual’s private affairs only have to be exposed when it is of interest to the public.

Additionally

, the manner in which the individual’s private affairs are looked into and publicised should accord with laws and social norms, which is unlikely to be achieved by newspapers and tabloid journalists but can be achieved by professional investigators and

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of law enforcement agencies.

Overall

, individual

privacy

should be respected,

therefore

, the

media

should not intrude into anyone’s private

lives

just for the sake of making profits. As far as upholding justice and serving the right of the public to be informed are concerned, dissemination of details about

private

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lives

of individuals would better be handled by official authorities and should not be left to the

media

, which often abuse their freedom of speech and earn revenue at the expense of individual’s

privacy

.