Well, in my opinion, this shows the media is getting worse and worse. I mean, look at all these awful American chat shows on TV. They're so bad.

I agree. You're right, there's a lot of rubbish on nowadays. I think they should control what goes on TV. There's too much violence and sex, all those terrible action films, and even advertisements.

I totally agree. It's not very nice. But people seem to want that kind of thing. Personally, I'm against too much control.

I'm afraid I can't agree with you. I'm in favour of some kind of control. I think it's necessary to protect children.

I don't agree. How can you stop...

Listen again and check your answers.

Pronunciation
Exercise 8
Listen to four sentences from the radio programme again.

How many words are there in each sentence? Contractions count as two words.

1. Tonight we're going to analyse the problem of the paparazzi.

2. A lot of people blame the media for encouragement of the paparazzi.

3. It is legal to take photographs of famous people if they are in public.

4. But I know there are people who defeat the paparazzi