"The news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news. How far do you agree?"

I agree to a certain extent that the news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news.

Firstly, the news media are using the sensational news to increase their sale of the papers. As the hungry birds feed on their morsels with anticipation and surprises from the papers choked full with secretive conversations. It is this sense of greed that allowed this paparazzi culture to spread like wildfire. In the phone hacking scandal that outraged many, the News of the World started turning towards civilians. As the papers starts appearing with secrets not only about the celebrities, actors and the royals, but also the secrets and private life of normal people. The greed of the news media has inevitably also caused the spread of the unhealthy culture.

However, the general public should also be blamed. It is the readers and general public that constantly swap up these newspapers looking for fun and surprises. They did not show any sign of disgust nor reactions and it seems like everyone is indeed enjoying them. However, now coupled with the possibility that they themselves can also become the victims. Had they not buy those papers and purchased others with world news instead, the news media would have used other ways to attract the general public's attention!