Privacy No More

So many times while watching TV we are treated to the private conversations and videotapes of unsuspecting citizens.  It scares me. It reminds me of Hitler's Germany and other countries and times when people were afraid to speak freely. I am writing this blog because it seems that there are countless examples of private moments that "someone" has deemed newsworthy that  are beamed into our living rooms  on our television . It is a practice that would have our founding fathers up in arms. It's called a right to privacy, a right held sacred for hundreds of years that is now dashed to pieces.  Now anyone at anytime can catch our words or behavior on their cell phones and pass it on to the rest of the world via the Internet. The press can pick it up,add their own spin to it and send it out over the air waves. Out of context, no fact checking and so on! People's lives and careers are destroyed in an instant. So scary! And there is no push back! We have surrendered our right to privacy without comment or outrage.  Really? Is it possible that we folded so easily? How do we balance this right with  our desire to out perceived wrongs?