What Alec Baldwin’s ‘I’m Done’ Letter Is Showing Us About Media
(and Ourselves)   Why are we all part of Alec Baldwin’s public
good-bye?  Whether you agree or disagree with Alec Baldwin is
irrelevant.  The shallow media has had a dazzling run slashing
actor Alec Baldwin. Following his altercation with a TMZ
paparazzi, Baldwin has been hit with an outcry of criticisms and
cold shoulders from the public, and the media and entertainment
industries. His personal New York Magazine article published
yesterday was a lay-it-all-on-the-line account of his life over
the last few years, and why that was the last time he will “talk
about [his] personal life in an American publication ever
again.”  But why should we really care?  Alec Baldwin’s daily
life — coffee runs, bike rides — all the things you and I do
outside of our four walls without interruption, is literally
someone’s job to document and sell. Baldwin (and all
celebrities) has been trailed by photographers and
videographers, just to capture an inside snapshot.