Draconian laws are no way to reform our ravenous media
Legislating against parents' bad judgement in exposing their children may be no bad idea, but draconian privacy laws protecting adults are another matter. Such laws might protect us from newspapers filled with drivel about the lives of complete strangers but they would also protect those whose hypocrisies and shady activities are of definite public interest. Full Story »
Posted by Peter Barnett
It raises the concern that 'privacy laws in the media' will end up protecting the very people that journalists should be exposing.