Over the years, the tabloid press has become increasingly intrusive, claiming the right not just to expose corruption and incompetence in high places, but to titillate readers with scandalous revelations about the private lives of the famous. What started off as entertaining gossip about royalty and film stars has burgeoned into a massive assault on privacy, with newspapers claiming that any attempt to keep them out of the bedroom is an assault on free speech.
但是，有时候媒体的新闻自由过度了。在过去的几年里，小报变得越来越刺探隐私，声称新闻自由不仅仅是要暴露高层的腐败和无能，而且要通过对名人不光彩私生活的曝光来撩拨读者。以皇室和电影明星开始的娱乐八卦已经成长为对隐私的大规模的侵犯，报纸声称任何试图将他们置于卧室之外的行为都是对言论自由的侵害。