In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility.
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Edwin W. Edwards, Politician (1927) |
Bob Etheridge, Politician (1941) |
Mata Hari, Dancer (1876) |
Alice James, Writer (1848) |
Garrison Keillor, Writer (1942) |
Alan Keyes, Politician (1950) |
Don Larsen, Athlete (1929) |
Louis Leakey, Scientist (1903) |
Red Adair, Celebrity (2004) |
Marvin Hamlisch, Composer (2012) |
Oliver Hardy, Actor (1957) |
Mark Hatfield, Politician (2011) |
Brion James, Actor (1999) |