Vicky's writing practice 4

Do you agree or disagree with following statement?
Television, newspapers, magazines, and other media pay too much attention to the personal lives of famous people such as public figures and celebrities. Use specific reasons and details to explain your opinion.

Nowadays, mass media have paid too much attention to the personal lives of famous people. They not only play an important role in people’s daily life but also have a great influence on them, which makes people get used to the gossip culture. Once they get used to the culture, there will be no more private life for those public figures and celebrities. However, they also have the right to protect their privacy just like you and me.

Gossip news are ubiquitous in our lives. From television, newspapers, magazines, and everyone’s mouth! For instance, the love affairs between a businessman and a pretty star had been the hottest news for a period. The media kept chasing them without stop. What’s worse, they made up stories about the two public figures. From how they met each other, had a crush on each other, to where they had spent their nights and what they had eaten and bought. For about a month or more, readers and audience can not get away from their news. Even if they did have some affairs, it would fad away after such tight paparazzi. Most important of all, what is that has anything to do with our society and those serious economic problems?

Another impressive example is the one involving an anchorwoman, a married man, and the woman’s ex-boyfriend who is a politician. That was a really exaggerated gossip. People could get the copy of the women and the married man’s sex video easily. And everyday people cared and talked about the plot of this scandal. At the breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you just could not get away from it. It was really a disgusting and moral-less affair. Moreover, it lowered people’s ethical value toward others. What’s worse, children could touch this news easily. What would they think of this kind of news? What would they judge “morality,” “marriage,” and “politics”? Not to mention that they might imitate those bad behaviors after they grow up. Sometimes, people just can not get enough awareness of the impact that those kind of news and gossip might have on our daily life.

All in all, the gossip culture of the television, newspapers, and magazines should be stopped as soon as possible. We need more positive and international news and information from the mass media. There are more to care about in our society, such as economics, poverty, and education, and so on. Hopefully, people can stop the trend from themselves by refusing those media. In this way, they will stop the operation of selling public figures’ privacy, for they can not survive anymore. Otherwise, not only us but also our next generation will live in an unhealthy an unfriendly environment forever.