Invasion of privacy
Sir,—What an appalling invasion of privacy was shown on television on Tuesday evening. A television crew burst into the Sabines’ private home in Auckland without invitation, refused to leave until virtually pushed out by police, and again and again asked personal questions that they had been told several times were not going to be answered. Even though the questions were couched in polite terms, the whole attitude of the invaders was rude, arrogant, and no better than a gang of gatecrashing hooligans. Can a citizen have no security in his own home? Has he no control over who comes inside? Do television crews often badger people so mercilessly? If the ordinary laws of trespass cannot prevent this sort of action, we need much stronger laws against any media people who act so inexcusably. — Yours, etc., J. M. TOCKER. September 26, 1984.
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