Question 1 It is well known that celebrities use the media to help their careers, but they don’t seem to like it when the media covers their private lives.

 Is it right how the media treats celebrities?

 How do celebrities benefit from the media and how does the media benefit from celebrities?

 Should anything be off-limits or can the media cover everything about celebrities and their
private lives?

Your task: Write an article for a student magazine exploring the extent to which it is fair that the private lives of celebrities are covered in the media.

Suggested word count 250 – 300 words.

Read this excerpt from a blog. i recently visited the city council’s web page and was startled to discover that the council members are making plans to build a new sports park at bass lake. we must do whatever we can to stop this from happening. this area is a popular nesting ground for the lucy’s warbler, a threatened bird species. removing trees and changing the landscape of this area will destroy the warblers’ habitat. the research that the author includes in this blog is less likely to be reliable, because it includes information from a wiki source. less likely to be reliable, because it includes information from a city web page. likely reliable, because it includes information from a respected organization. likely reliable, because it includes information from a credible news outlet.