Stephen R Bierce (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
frustratedpilot) wrote2009-08-16 12:26 pm
frustratedpilot) wrote2009-08-16 12:26 pm
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Writer's Block: The Right to Privacy
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I think the mass media should be more careful about how they handle the business on their end. And besides, our priorities are all screwed up these days. I was very disappointed this week when Michael Vick's return to the NFL beat out all the other news stories and was presented first on the TV networks' programs. So he's a notorious and contraversial figure--so what? He doesn't merit more attention than many of the real news stories going on in the world. We give far too much attention to people in sports, entertainment and famous-for-being-famous. If leaving them alone means more privacy for them, then it's a win-win situation.
I think the mass media should be more careful about how they handle the business on their end. And besides, our priorities are all screwed up these days. I was very disappointed this week when Michael Vick's return to the NFL beat out all the other news stories and was presented first on the TV networks' programs. So he's a notorious and contraversial figure--so what? He doesn't merit more attention than many of the real news stories going on in the world. We give far too much attention to people in sports, entertainment and famous-for-being-famous. If leaving them alone means more privacy for them, then it's a win-win situation.