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Alysia:

Are celebrities entitled to a private life is the question we are asking today? Celebrities

are seen all over our newspapers and TV’s and everybody seems to know a lot about

them but do we know too much? They choose careers that force them into the spot

light and exposed to the public eye but do they have a life of their own or do we have a

right over their life for our own entertainment? You decide

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Alysia:

Celebrities are now part of our daily lives from the minute you log onto the Internet or

read your favourite magazine you will find them giving Interviews, pictures of them in

concert or leaked images of them falling over drunk after a night out. Whichever way

you want to look at it we are still being exposed to every aspect of a celebrity’s life.

Because they spend a huge amount of time In front of the cameras and taking part in

interviews we seem to be watching their lives unfold right in front of our eyes. But do

you really think its necessary; do we really want to see images of celebs dropping their

kids to work? Would we like it if an argument with our spouse was leaked onto a

newspapers front page? But at the same time we cant deny that many celebrities expose

them selves with very detailed interviews about their own lives, they like the attention

and they make their living off this. We also see certain celebrities leak information about

them selves to the press to keep them as a hot topic and a recent trend of reality TV we

see celebrities sell their entire private life for fame.

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Here’s an example of when a celebrity took her stand to the press …

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Naomi Campbell a 42-year-old British Model known for her early start at modelling as

she became and still is among the three most recognisable and in demand models of our

times. In 2004 Naomi was pictured leaving a rehabilitation clinic, following public denials

that she was a recovering drug addict. The photographs were published all over newspapers

Naomi was outraged by this and took The Daily Mirror to court and claimed for breach of

confidence engaging Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. The ruling saw that the human

nature of privacy has been breached and that Naomi had a right to her own private life so

the newspaper was in the wrong and faces up to a one million pound in damages. A year a

later the case was over turned as the Newspaper turned the story on Naomi claiming that

the picture was true as she did have a drug addiction and also how the picture plays an

important role to the article. Nothing was false so in this case the newspaper won. It is not

possible to sue for invasion of privacy in Britain, but experts say the ruling could have serious

implications for the way the media covers the private lives of celebrities.

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(Vox Pos) Questions …

- Should celebrities have a private life and why?

Extra

“Here’s an interview with Jonathan Collet who works for the PCC”