Prinses Diana en de media

The monster-media

When Diana, the Princess of Wales, died in a car accident a few years ago, there was one big question among all. Were the media guilty of murdering Diana?

The night of the accident, the Princess was having diner with her friend Dodi, in a Parisian restaurant. Logically, the place was soon staked out by photographers. This was probably the reason Diana and Dodi left immediately and let their chauffeur drive them through the centre op Paris at way too high speeds, which eventually led to the fatal accident.

Diana was obviously good food for the tabloids. For years they followed her everywhere. Diana did various attempts to stay in control of the media. From time to time she must have had her irritations but she never turned herself against the tabloids, since they were also a good way to get publicity on the good causes she supported. Gradually she discovered that the so-called support the media gave her was nothing compared to what she had to give in: her whole private life. She desperately tried to find ways to cope with it but the claws of the media were all over her.

It’s obvious that the accident could be called a very big scandal. Tabloids throughout the world with even a little conscience must have felt at least some sort of guilt, but who can you specifically blame? Maybe the seven paparazzi involved in this case but what about all the others? In the first place, they should be aware of the fact how revolting it is to ruin someone’s life by such forms of stalking. Let’s hope they also realise that they are the (in)direct cause of the princess losing her life! But that’s still not the answer to the question because if there wouldn’t be readers, there wouldn’t be tabloids. I guess you can say the people buying the papers must be just as guilty.

To my opinion the death of Princess Diana is a proof that the media knows no bounds nowadays. I find it very sad that we/they had to learn this ‘the hard way’. However, I doubt if these papers will really change their pointless way of harassing people to sell their magazines. I can only hope the tabloids and especially their readers have learnt their lesson!