The key answer of exercise 6
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - The hunt for news for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
In California, they have introduced laws to try to restrict paparazzi. Work on your own and think of reasons for and against this idea. Then work in groups and discuss your ideas.
Answer
For
- invasion of privacy
- can hurt people emotionally
- can drive celebrities to despair, even suicide
- everybody has a right to privacy
- unfair on celebrities to have such intrusion
- unfair on the families and friends of celebrities
- can lead to fights, accidents
Against
- freedom of the press
- celebrities want publicity when it suits them, so why should they have privacy when it doesn’t suit them?
- it’s part of the business – without the public’s need for gossip, there would be no celebrities
- they have fame and wealth, so why should they have privacy?
- if our privacy laws were really strict, the press wouldn’t be able to report on and expose the bad things people do