The rise to fame was swift. Television cameras and newspaperscarried the news to everyone in the country. Newspapers and magazines offeredthe family huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories andphotographs. Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby foodand soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products. The oldfarmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $500, 000 home.Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act asspokesmen for the family at press conferences. While the five babies were stillquietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents werepaying the price for fame. It would never again be possible for them to leadnormal lives. They had become the victims of commercialization, for their nameshad acquired a market value. Instead of being five new family members, thesechildren had immediately become a commodity.
在民主国家里,任何限制资讯自由的企图都理所当然地受到谴责。然而,这种自由很容易被滥用。常人轶事往往比政治事件更能引起公众注意。我们都喜欢看关于别人生活的报道,但是否同样喜欢看关于自己生活的报道,就很难说了。记者按事实至上的论点行事,发表有关别人私生活的细节,有时会给当事人造成极大的痛苦。资讯具有巨大的威力。它们不仅可以给寻常人家的生活带来重大的变化,甚至还能推翻一个政府。
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