Journalists often claim that their investigation of the private lives of political leaders is an effort to improve society by forcing the powerful to conform to the same standards of conduct as the less powerful. ██ ████████ ████████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ ██████ ███████ ████ █████████ ████ ████ ████████████ ███ █████ ████████ ████ ███████ █████ ███ █████████ ██ █████ ████████
While journalists argue that their investigations of the private lives of political leaders improves society, it is actually detrimental to society. This is because it makes public figures more concerned with appearances and makes everyone else cynical about their leaders.
The argument part refers to the position that journalists often claim. The author then says that position has bad consequences.
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