Saturday, 23 October 2010

DISGUSTING VOYEURISM

THE ghoulish nature of the Fourth Estate is nothing new. But the worldwide syndication of pictures of a gravely ill Michael Douglas represents a new low in the dark arts of the paparazzi.
I was so incensed at this gross intrusion on the man's privacy that , along with hundreds of others, I posted a response late last night on the Mail's website. Oddly enough , all those remarks which castigated the paper for publishing them were this morning removed. Perhaps they shamed the powers that be . But not enough to stop publication
I think anyone who has witnessed first-hand the obscene ravages which cancer inflicts on their loved ones would agree it's time to call a halt to this ghoulish and distasteful way of selling papers. As I said in my comment, the man is clearly dying. Leave him and his family alone.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"all those remarks which castigated the paper for publishing them were this morning removed".

Good grief, is there nothing the rascals won't copy from 'Comment is Free'?
David Duff