The right to privacy has become a very heated issue in recent years and it concerns the lives of many people around the world. Constitutionally speaking, citizens within the United States are not protected against having their picture taken, no matter where they are, and they are also not guarded against being interviewed. Over the last 20 years or so, people have become very interested in the lives of others and are always left with wanting for more, friends and neighbors overhear conversations and are automatically drawn to them, feeling as if they have the right to know what is going on. We live in a society, nowadays, where every little action is scrutinized, whether it is good or bad, and it is picked apart in every way imaginable throughout all conversations. There are mixed feelings concerning this topic, on one hand there are those kind of people that live for that special kind of attention and on the other hand there are the type of people, under any and all circumstances, who do not want the publicity. .
The media, both television and newspaper, has the job, sometimes very difficult and uncomfortable job, of reporting the news to the public in order to inform them nationally and worldwide. Reporters and photographers want to get the best stories and pictures they can, mainly for two reasons, to sell newspapers and enhance their careers. But the bottom line for the newspaper company is to sell newspapers, sometimes disregarding the feelings and beliefs of the people they are covering. The news media, through the articles and words, has the unbelievable ability to portray someone as a hero or a crook, no matter how true the story actually may be. These companies can make people become famous whether they want to be or not and sometimes the media goes to far. Photographers and editors have different views on what is news and what should be private in relation with the public and sometimes they do show some bad taste in terms of the material they choose to print.
