Our society idolizes our celebrities. Many of us will buy a magazine or newspaper simply because it has some captivating picture or headline about one of our favorite stars. Celebrity pictures and stories are one of the hottest selling commodities on the market today and you better believe that reporters and photographers take every opportunity they can to get these stories and pictures because they know how much money can be made by having and releasing them first.
Celebrities know the moment that something in their lives happens that it will be of public interest and there is going to be a flood of reporters and photographers following them around trying to get as many pictures and as much information about the issue as they can as quickly as they can. What is news today will be history tomorrow and time is of the essence. The honest reporters and photographers are usually not rejected by celebrities. When their personal privacy is respected, celebrities will usually cooperate with news people and give them as much information as they want revealed, but much of the paparazzi that seem to show them no respect for privacy can become a thorn in their side.
When we buy the magazines and tabloids newspapers that use unscrupulous tactics to obtain their stories and photographs, we are only helping these news people to become even more annoying to the celebrities we love. In recent years some celebrities have been caught losing their patience with the paparazzi because they can never make a move without having microphones of cameras shoved in their faces. Some celebrities have resorted to suing certain paparazzi members, not for the money, but because of the invasion of privacy.
