Minority View Squared
OK, Jetskier declared the possibility that he represented a minority view. I concur with Jetskier in part, but depart from Jetskier in a very meaningful way.
What have we become in our zealous media-crazed era? What ever happened to dignity? I don't care if you are President of France, a former Playboy bunny who has fallen on hard times, or a baseball legend accused of taking drugs as he is about to shatter an historic record that defines our national pastime. The media coverage in our country has evolved into an electonic exaggeration of People Magazine at the expense of the privacy and dignaty of the victims of the day. While the essence of the story told by the Paparazzi's invasion may indeed be truthful and of interest, when do we draw a boundary line around what a responsible person might consider eligible public information, and contain the lazy tendency to exploit whatever appears to be a vicarious display of the rich and famous. I am offended by the crass products of the type that invaded our Wolfeboro guest's privacy, and am disappointed in the preponderance of this level of "news" reporting that too often appears on our radio, network, and cable outlets. If the "traditional" media doesn't wake up to this reality they may find themselves relegated to the trash heap as emerging internet news sources overtake them.
Sorry of this sounds like a lecture!
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