In Exchange For Power, Influence,

And What It Depends On, Of Course, Is Whether The Story Itself Is Worth The Ethical Compromise It Requires And Whether The Competition Is Onto The Story.

Most Journalists Now Believe That A Person's Privacy Zone Gets Smaller And Smaller As The Person Becomes More And More Powerful.

For Decades, The Journalistic Norm Had Been That The Private Lives Of Public Officials Remained Private Unless That Life Impinged On Public Performance.

In Exchange For Power, Influence, Command And A Place In History, A President Gives Up The Bulk Of His Privacy.

But The Time Has Come For Journalists To Acknowledge That A Zone Of Privacy Does Exist.