Essayist: Politicians deserve protection from a prying press  No one wants his or her private life spread across the pages of the newspapers  Furthermore, the press' s continual focus on politicians' private lives dissuades talented people from pursuing a career in politics and turns reporters into character cops who walk their beats looking for minute and inconsequential personality flaws in public servants
It is time to put a halt to this trivial journalism
Much writing on politicians'private lives consists of rumors circulated by opposing candidates.