Privacy: Where does it end?

[The Stranger]

Freedom of the press is essentially a freedom of information. Despite our pride on having a right to privacy, rights conflict sometimes and this is one of those times. The right for information effects all of us while the right to privacy effects only one individual in this scenario, so the right to information must be upheld. Let the press say what they want to say and abolish those gagging orders.

freedom of information does not mean you have the right to print anything you want. there are also laws against slander and such. and to be honest i find it rather distasteful how most papparazi press gets into peoples faces.

for example, in holland we have a program about people who violate traffic rules and its being filmed and shown on television. every so now and then a person gets angry, not because he gets a fine but because its being filmed. imo in such a case he is in his right, he deserves the penalty for his actions but its not a public affair wether he gets fined or not. it has nothing to do with freedom of information and press this is simply amusement over someones misfortune and that should never triumph of the individual right of privacy.