What does privacy rights protect in journalism?

• A. It protects individuals' control over personal information and footage; limits on intrusive reporting.
• B. It protects the journalist's right to publish confidential data.
• C. It ensures the public can access all government data without consent.
• D. It allows authorities to review all newsroom content.

Answer: (B)

Privacy rights in journalism protect individuals’ control over their own personal information and footage, and they set clear boundaries against intrusive reporting. This means reporters should respect private details—like medical records, home addresses, or intimate moments—and weigh whether publishing such information serves a legitimate public interest. The journalist’s ability to publish confidential data isn’t what privacy rights safeguard; that area involves other protections around sources and confidential information. The other options describe transparency or oversight concepts that aren’t about privacy rights. So the best-fitting idea is that privacy rights shield people’s control over their personal information and limit intrusive reporting.