News stories on TV and in newspapers are very often accompanied by pictures. Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words. What is your opinion about this?

Pictures are

effective way

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an effective way

of communication and some people claim that pictures are more effective than words in revealing the news. From my perspective, I disagree with

this

statement for two reasons,

firstly

the story is not complete without detailed explanation that includes words and written analysis and

secondly

pictures are not always appropriate to describe all situations

such

as terrifying crimes and human crisis. Using pictures to tell the news can serve as a support element, but it must be followed by the details for a comprehensive delivery of the news.

That is

to say, a photo of a handshake between two leaders cannot reveal the details of the story. Whether they were able to resolve the

economical

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economic

and political tension between their countries, must be explained in words and for sure an article by experts in foreign policies and economics would be more effective than any photos. The

second

justification is that some news cannot be accompanied by photos because they are inappropriate to broadcast.

For example

, a terrible crime that involved the murder of an innocent person should not be described by photos.

That is

why several social media platforms have a no harm policy in

this

regard and prohibit broadcasting inappropriate photos and videos. In

this

particular situation, only words that can describe what has happened. To conclude,

accompanying news

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the accompanying news

with pictures provide more credibility to the reported story, but is not more effective than words.

In addition

,

in particular

situations photos are not suitable

to

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for

broadcast and

only words

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the only words

that can report the news.