II Make up a plan of the article, retell the article using the phrases given above.
III Answer the following questions: 1) Why were journalists given the fullest investigative powers? 2) Who are the main victims of paparazzi? 3) Is there any way to control the worst excesses of the press? 4) What is the essential dilemma the press faces concerning the respect of privacy? IV Find the synonyms to the following words: Well-known, target, fascination, leap, excess V Translate the following sentence from the text: 1) During the 1980s there was growing popular disgust at the way in which some newspapers, most notably the Sun, attempted to investigate the private lives of well-known people. 2) Only a few days before their death, the blurred pictures of Diana supposedly embracing her friend Dodi al Fayed, sold an extra 1 75,000 copies of the Sun. 3) There is an absolute fascination with her that never wanes from our readers' point of view. 4) In the end the voyeuristic appetite of the public is inevitable component in the struggle between the tabloids for a greater share of the market. 5) Many people, however, feel that the press has no right to publicize personal when they have no relevance to any public issue, and that the victims of inaccurate reporting are entitled to a right of reply. VI Interpret the following sentences: 1. During the 1980s there was growing popular disgust at the way in which some newspapers, most notably the Sun, attempted to investigate the private lives of well-known people. 2. The prime targets have been, of course, members of the Royal Family who found it increasingly difficult to escape from the voyeurism of the popular press. 3. You see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well, and people make a lot of money out of you. 4. There is an absolute fascination with her that never wanes from our readers’ point of view. 5. Most of the ombudsmen are from the inside of papers that have appointed them.
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