Question

Investigative journalism is seen as invasion of privacy. Discuss. ​

Answer 1

It is true that Investigative journalism is seen as invasion of privacy.

Explanation:

In Investigative journalism, journalists deeply studies one topic of research and prepares the report. This topic can be on serious crimes, or a corporate wrongdoing or topic of political corruption.

Journalist is basically responsible to find out the truth of any illegal activity and expose it publicly. This is difficult as he needs to find the information that is usually kept secret. Privacy is impacted as only with this research such documents or details come out in public which are otherwise kept secret.

Answer 2

It is true that investigative journalism is invasion of privacy but only in one context.

Step-by-step explanation:

The purpose of investigative journals is to root out the cause of criminal and unjust rulings along with corrupt activities that have taken place on account of public trust. Where on one hand these journals help in making the constitutions better for the public, on the other hand they tend to expose the questionable acts and the subjects involved in them.

This comes in the jurisdiction of invasion of privacy of those people who would not have brought the details of their acts otherwise if it were not for these journals.