I am profoundly nauseated by the disgusting way the News Media is exploiting the problems of a National Celebrity and young couple in order to sell more newspapers and magazines. The almighty dollar takes precedence over the lives of human beings again giving a bad name to freedom of speech.
Years ago, the press operated with more decorum and class in overlooking stories that had no substantive value and simply preyed on people for the purposes of self promotion or increased sales. There so many more important stories to be told that could inform us all of things we need to know, which would be beneficial to society.
Of course, from the perspective of any media outlet, it’s either print the story of get beat to the release by a competitor. For many years, there had simply been an unwritten rule that such private information would not be shared, that it benefited no one to share it, and news reporters followed the rule.
The alleged other woman should be ashamed of herself for releasing a private message to the press, but of course in this day and age when bad is good, she’s not ashamed at all. Any attention is good attention and can catapult you into super stardom, and the press plays right into this when they cover such stories, and share intimate details of someone’s life.
The real issue goes deeper than the Media though. They are giving us what we want, and unless we stop demanding it, they will keep covering stories which attack the personal character of anyone who is famous. We are responsible for what the media shares with us and all we have to do is stop buying it. I dare everyone to just stop buying it.
I for one have no interest in knowing anything personal about anyone, and I’d prefer that they don’t know anything too personal about me. I’m not taking sides on who was right and who was wrong in this ongoing saga. I’m simply suggesting that it’s none of our business!
Joe Goyette
