Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Media, not the Goverment have taken away Privacy.

Many years before I was born, probably quite some time before my parents were even born the media was already doing what everyone claims government is doing today. Taking away the privacy of U.S. citizens. Not all citizens mind you, which is the reason they get away with it. They specifically prey on people with fame. They intend only to find the worst things out about anyone famous to publicize simply to tarnish that person's image and improve their own. All of this is done at the hand of "Freedom of the Press". "It's the people's right to know" is their motto, and it couldn't be more wrong.

On Google News today alone, I saw links to 235 articles about Vivica A. Fox being arrested on DUI suspicion. Not found guilty, but a suspicion. To top that, there were also 329 articles on Tony LaRussa being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Again, nothing confirmed, but the media vultures jumped on both stories anyway knowing that public opinion is much different than the law, and by no means are you innocent until proven guilty. Even if both are guilty, under no circumstances what so ever is it any of our damn business. People of all walks of life make mistakes, and there is no reason for us to care or know what other people's problems are. To be blunt to the press, mind your own business.

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