It's a perfectly natural human reaction to notice a pretty face, and to point a camera at it if you've got one. IOW, Paris Hilton's face interests the public.
But that hardly qualifies photographs of her face to be a matter which affects the public interest. The point, surely, is that no matter how "objectively journalists follow the rules which tell them that pictures of Paris Hilton interest the public, those pictures will shed no light on what government policies may be wise - may be in the public interest.
The so-called "objectivity" with which journalists attract public attention is irrelevant to any question touching the First Amendment rights of the people - or any other matter of public policy.
BTTT
...What the entire debate surrounding the (so called) 'Fairness Doctrine' really demonstrates is the American Left's desperate attempt at reviving their complete domination over all things journalistic: The television airwaves (which they still have to a degree, Fox News Channel and C-Span (to an extent) being the only exceptions), radio (If Air America is the standard by which they judge success, they're in big trouble), and the Internet (which is actually fairly split, with a number of Left leaning Blogs out there, if your sanity and stomach can withstand the pain of reading them). Back in the day when you only had the Big Three (CBS, NBC, and ABC), that's pretty much what America got, in the guise of 'fair and balanced' reporting.
If you believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you...
All in all, I'm personally glad to see this puppy go down in flames, and it should be buried and stay there. I wholeheartedly agree with the one FReeper who stated the Left 'can't face the cold fact nobody wants to hear Liberal vomit on the airwaves'.