THE media frenzy of digging up details of gagging injunctions applied for by celebrities, allegedly engaged in extramarital behaviour etc, has taken precedence over practically all other news and headlines.
The social networks in cyberspace such as Twitter have relentlessly overridden court rulings.
The newspapers have relished the situation they have exploited and the resulting increased sales.
Surely the behaviour of those making “headline news” is little different to many of the general population who are not celebrities and do not choose or need to take out injunctions, even if they could afford one.
The achievement of Twitter in circumventing court injunctions could result in such rulings being powerless and save celebrities their thousands and lose their lawyers the same amounts.
Then the titillating reports would hopefully be less newsworthy and move to page three or even deeper, where they might be overlooked/missed by many.
J Beisly, Osprey Close, York.
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