The Intrusive Media and Social Media
Some days ago a woman's body was found in the River Wyre, near the village of St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire and the family of the lady in question asked for their privacy to be respected. It was not. ...The family singled out ITV and Sky News which was the first to interview Ansell, [the partner of the dead lady] for making contact with them directly on Sunday night after police confirmed a body had been found, adding they had asked for privacy. "They again have taken it upon themselves to run stories about us to sell papers and increase their own profits," the statement said. "It is shameful they have acted in this way. Leave us alone now. Do the press and other media channels and so-called professionals not know when to stop? These are our lives and our children's lives... (Robin Vinter, Jamie Grierson, Josh Halliday, The Guardian, 2023) Beside the mainstream media there was the truly awful explosion of Social Media intrusion. ... For 23 days, St Mich