Yesterday my roommate and I were listening to Sirius Radio. At one point, the DJ decided to go on about Leona Lewis, the singer, and her family's private life. He even made it a point to say that while we (the audience) didn't really need to know, he was going to tell us anyway.
At this point, I turned to my roommate and said, "If it's a matter of privacy, why does the media feel the need to butt it? Why do we need to know?"
I feel like this kind of information, private information that got leaked from Lewis' family, is not news-worthy.
I realize that some media is made from this kind of cultural news. I understand that to study the media, we can't separate it from this news. But shouldn't this type of media remain as a singular medium in the area of its origin? Why do random people across the U.S. (Lewis is from England) need to know this type of news about a bad seed in her family?
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