▶ Your Answer :
Attitudes conflict on whether it is better
to read a newspaper to truly understand world events. I stand for proponents of
the view that you can have a true understanding of global events if you read
newspaper. First, newspapers offer more diverse information. Second, you are
interrupted by commercials on TV.
The opposing side argues that more diverse
information is available on TV. Advocates of this school of thought raise
several arguments as the basis for their beliefs. While their argumentation may
appear valid on the surface, it does not withstand vigorous scrutiny. Actually,
a flood of evidence renders their views erroneous. For instance, my particular
observation reveals why newspapers offer more diverse information. Last month,
an infectious virus spread in a southern area of Africa. I found the
information relevant to the region in newspaper articles. Moreover, various
articles included detailed information about the city. They made it possible
for me to better understand the event. However, TV news programs mostly covered
well-known places not this region. They only briefly mentioned the event in the
area. This supports the thesis that people must read a newspaper rather than
watch TV to have a true understanding of global events.
In the second place, you are interrupted by
commercials on TV as well. Beyond my personal experience, current research substantiates
my perspective. Apart from a small portion of people who sided with the
opposite idea, a significant majority of survey participants endorsed my point
of view that newspaper is the better way to truly understand world events. In a
survey a man in his 30s said that he cannot stay focused because of commercial
breaks in the middle of the reports. He added that instead of staying tuned, he
surf through different TV channels. Such notions attest that it is not a good
way to watch new on TV to have a true understanding of global events.
Ultimately, people must read newspaper
rather than watch TV to utterly understand events happening all around the
world for the evidence I have provided previously. First of all, more diverse
information is available in newspapers. Last but not least, commercial
interruption is what you have to endure on TV.
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