Madonna Refuses to Read Newspapers  11/11/05

Pop superstar Madonna refuses to buy newspapers and magazines because she is sick of the inaccurate stories they print about her.

The Hung Up hit maker, who is a devout follower Kabbalah, is determined to protect her children Lourdes, nine, and five-year-old Rocco from the media circus which surrounds her.

And the 47-year-old doesn't have enough spare time to waste trying to set journalists straight.

She says, "I find it frustrating because my life is always misinterpreted through a filter of misinformation.

"It's simple. I don't want to be influenced by the gossip and the press and one inevitably is if you read it.

"I get to the third page of a paper and there's a hideous article about me, my husband or my children or somebody in my circle, and I end up getting irritated and I'd rather not have that in my life."