Do You Think That Media Should Have the Right to Disclosr Private Lives of Famous or Important People

Disagree. The public does NOT have a right to know every move a celebrity makes...and in some cases, people really go too far. Examples? Recent reports about those hospital workers in L.A. and NY who were snooping through celebrity health records for no good reason other than being nosy... or the case of that fan who accessed records of a singer for the sole purpose of stalking him.

If a person wants to self-disclose, fine...but for the media and papparazzi to go out of their way to be disruptive and intrusive, it's just not right...all because they want to make a profit off the morbid curiosity, jealousies and schadenfruende of a bunch of nobodies posing as fans who have to live vicariously through celebrities rather than develop interesting lives of their own.

Why do people think they have the right to know everything about a person's life? Just because that person is a celebrity or in the public eye? Nope, that doesn't cut it. I wonder how those gossipmongers and papparazzi would feel if the shoe were on the other foot? and they were the ones who couldn't eat a meal in peace? or their confidential medical records were breached?

It's too bad people focus more on celebrity scandals and lifestyles than they do on a celebrity's actual talent or artistic projects. To me, that is the ONLY thing a person should care about a celebrity for... not speculating about if they've had cosmetic surgery or whether or not they are a virgin.

Anyway, I think respect for privacy overall regardless of your perceived status has become less and less in the society...and that's truly a