The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished in this age of intensive media coverage.

The media gives us a convenient way to obtain information. As time went on, the media grows quickly and has formed the forth pole of power in our society. Many things hidden before are exposable to the public and the reputation of public figures are diminished. The portraits of the public figures are weakened, or even destroyed by the facts or rumors given by medias.
Admittedly, in this open and democratic society, the medias have the right that is also the obligation of them to provide us not only the positive aspect but also the negative aspect of the public figures. Since most medias are profit-oriented and they regard that the public care the scandals of the celebrities more than their contribution to society, they maybe pool their energy and time to search or even frame up some scandals to cater for the interest of the public. By doing so, many famous people who were once honored ‘hero’ of the society lost their reputation and even became the negative representative reproached by history. For example, Nixon, the former president of the United States, was a hero in many American' minds until the water-gate scandal was disclosed by the media. And soon later, people lost their confidence in him and he had to resign form the historic stage of American.
After all, most medias tell the facts. When we find some dark side exposed to us, we feel disappointed because we see the public figure as a perfect person. In addition, they are just ordinary people like us and nobody is perfect. If we change our standard for them into a more tolerant one, which take the nature of human beings into account, we will find the positive side of them again.