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Details of politicians’ private lives should not be published in newspapers.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

#politicians’ #lives #newspapers
The
information
 about
politicians
' family members should not be distributed in newspapers.
This
 essay agrees with
this
 argument because it creates
safety
 threats to
politicians
' family members and influences the confidentiality of personal
life
.
To begin
, there are plenty of reasons that lead to threats to
life
safety
.
Politicians
 who always deal with different stakeholders like the public, media, and businessmen are considered as society's high profile. They always deal with the public which
automatiacally
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automatically
 puts entire families of
such
 persons at
life
safety
 threat by being a target of a terrorist group. For example, recent research concluded that in many Asian
countries
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 terrorist attacks are based on newspaper
information
.
Further
, we all as human beings prefer to spend our personal
life
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lives
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 in a confidential way as leakages of personal
information
 will influence the reputation and freedom of a particular person. High-profile people like
politicians
 often have sensitive
information
 and leakages of those will cost higher than normal people's
information
 leakage.
For example
, a recent newspaper article about one of Sri Lankan Minister's personal
life
 causes them to lose
his
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 position and freedom.
To conclude
, disclosing
politicians
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politicians'
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 personal
life
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 in written media should be avoided as it creates
life
safety
 threats and risks of losing reputation and freedom.
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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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