ksnake10 asks
The Tiger Woods fiasco had me thinking. If I were in a similar situation, could the news media broadcast my personal business all over the air waves without my permission? Where is there a line of demarcation that separates a celebrity from a non-celebrity? Why is one person's personal life open to the news media, while another person is entitled to privacy. What gives journalists the right to stick their noses into the personal lives of celebrities and broadcast their personal problems, yet they respect the privacy of non-celebrities?

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National newspapers such as USA Today and the New York Times carry many more stories about deaths from airplane crashes than about deaths from auto crashes, even though the total number of deaths from auto crashes is much higher. Why do the news media give more attention to airplane crashes? What are the implications concerning probability? High exposures to asbestos are dangerous. Low exposures, such as that experienced by teachers and students in schools where asbestos is present in the insulation around pipes, are not very risky. Why do we take asbestos so much more seriously than driving and the probability of car accidents? Give your own example of probability and risk.