Princess Diana's Death and the Media

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I don't remember what year this occurred but i know i was very young when i watched it on the news. I thought it was just nothing, since i didn't know much about worldly topics back then. What was so bad was that all i remembered about her was what i read on an American tabloid newspaper scattered around the house. It was her picture with some guy and a headline that, to me, implied that she's a wild girl going out to parties and having an affair with some guy. I only realized how much the news affected the world when my parents spoke about it later that night. Obviously they were shocked, and i wondered then, "Why were they so affected about her death?" You see, I'm a Filipino, and was too young to be aware of what really happened in her life, much less the whole world. I think i was only 5 years old, and the only source of (mis)information about her was that tabloid newspaper. To think that a simple reading material could do so much damage not only to people they report about, but also to the public who reads it. Although they say the press is impartial and only delivers the truth, they manipulate words to invoke in their readers certain reactions that could influence their impression or insight. They do it to sell. From that time on, i never trusted the media completely; and from the looks of their behavior, like intruding private property to get exclusive, even indecent stories about celebrities, i don't think i'll ever trust them completely. I've heard of reporters or stations being bribed to expose or not to expose certain controversies that could have shed light on important issues. Is that what you call Freedom of Speech?