http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NY-Report-on-NYs-Maid-Exam-Riles-DSK-Team-127921478.html

Recently, the victim of the sex assault of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Nafissatou Diallo, has presented a medical examination which listed "assault" and "rape" as the causes of injuries to her. Corresponding to her statement that she was forced onto a wall to perform oral sex with DSK, tests show that a ligament in her should has been damaged.

However, DSK, being a powerful person, has many strong lawyers and speakers as his backer and they accused the maid of maligning DSK and states that what happened between DSK and the hotel maid is consensual. They claimed that the hotel maid’s medical examination could not be trusted as it is written according to her account which proved to be unreliable.

Regarding this issue, my heart goes out to this pitiful maid as she, being a victim, has instead been blamed for giving fake accounts and all the evidences she produced has been seen and argued as unreliable due to the fake accounts she once gaved.

I feel that it is extremely unjust to be voiding all the evidences she has been producing just because she gave once gave fake accounts as DSK may indeed be in the wrong, forcing the hotel maid to perform oral sex with him. I am extremely serious and furious over this incident as I feel that if the hotel maid is not given the justice she deserves, it may well be showing the inferiority of an African to a white, and possibly the inferiority of the poor against the powerful. This would also give people the wrong idea that with money and fame, you can twist and turn the facts around and can go around doing all the things you like since you will not get into trouble anyway.

Is this the kind of impression the country wants to portray to the world regarding their law?

Is there really justice in such a circumstance where a rich and powerful is fighting a lawsuit with one who is not that influential and rich?

The DSK incident has clearly shown otherwise as till now, this man has not yet been prosecuted. From my point of view, I strongly feel that though the accounts of the hotel maid may be fake and we do not really know whether she has been faking accounts to the doctor as well, we should also not forget the fact that there is really semen found in the hotel maid’s mouth and that there is definitely a very high chance of DSK forcefully performing oral sex with the hotel maid. Instead, many chose to believe that DSK is innocent just because he was once the France presidential candidate and technically, would not do such a thing. I am really disgusted by these people as they should consider the accounts of both sides before siding either one side, and not be like the majority who just sides the powerful ones.

Till now, we still do not know who is speaking the truth and who is not as the truth lies only in the hearts of the hotel maid and Dominique Strauss- Khan. Perhaps, the hotel maid may well be lying, and we, the readers, could only wait and see how the incident unfolds as time goes on, hoping that the true justice be returned to the victim of the incident.

"The news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news. How far do you agree?"

I agree that the news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to the extremes for sensational news to a small extent.

To begin, the news media started this unhealthy paparazzi culture and goes to the extremes for sensational news, for the sake of making money. The news media are the only ones who have the technology and license to go and search for all these information and news regarding leaders and public figures. For example, Rupert Murdoch, CEO of The News of the World of US, was found hiring people to hack the phone of others for the sake of finding sensational news to publish, gaining popularity and money, showing one side of the argument- news media should be blamed for the unhealthy paparazzi culture.

On a flip side, the leaders and public figures should be partly blamed for this unhealthy paparazzi culture. This is because these public figures, already know that the price of being a public figure, is that they are the ones people look up to and they should be more "well-disciplined", be it in their private life or in the public. These public figures got caught on newspaper mainly due to the fact that they have done something disgraceful which captures the public's attention, thus they somehow brought it upon themselves, attracting the news media to them, creating this unhealthy paparazzi culture. For instance, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, being a public figure, went to force a hotel maid to have oral sex with him. This case was stirred up by the maid and received the attention of many, including the news media. Therefore, it may possibly be these public figures, not being able to "discipline", themselves well, that caused this unhealthy paparazzi culture.

Adding on, the public also plays a part in the becoming of this unhealthy paparazzi culture. The aim of most companies is to earn as much money as they can. With that, the news media, being a company, most probably has the same aim. As said earlier, the public seeks news of public figures as they are naturally curious of what these leaders and known figures do with their free time. With demand, the news media, the only ones who are able to get these information, would go to extremes to find these news. Therefore, the public should be partly blamed for unhealthy paparazzi culture and news media going to extremes for sensational news as what the news media did was just to add colours to people's life and satisfy their needs.

Also, I feel that the government should be partly blamed for this unhealthy paparazzi culture. This is because the government has not been harsh enough in punishing the news media and draw a line for the news media to be strictly adhered to so that a certain amount of privacy is given to the public as the news media would be restricted. The ethics of the news media would also be somehow preserved as they do not go through to anymore underhand means to get information on others for the sake of earning money.

In conclusion, though the news media should be partly blamed for this unhealthy paparazzi culture and going to extremes to find sensational news, I feel that they should not be entirely blamed as other factors like the public and even the behaviour of the public figures themselves, should be taken into consideration.