Although more and more people read news on the internet, newspapers will remain the most important source of news. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Even though there is a rapid increase in the number of people who read news online, another important part of the worldwide population considers traditional newspapers to be a more reliable and important

information

source.

However

, it is my firm belief that the

internet

has many advantages newspapers do not, and will

therefore

replace the majority of them. In the

first

place, it is important to consider that every newspaper article can be found online. Each media service

such

as BBC, The New York Times or The Guardian has their own website in which they post all the latest news.

Such

articles have the same source of

information

as those printed in newspapers, guaranteeing the reliability of the uploaded

information

.

For instance

, should readers choose to search for news online, they would certainly have the option to access multiple platforms which lead to a variety of different opinions.

Additionally

, searching for a specific article online is faster and easier than going through the pages of a newspaper, due to the ability to look for them using keywords or filtering specific topics.

Furthermore

, it is not only faster to access

this

information

through the

internet

, but it is

also

cheaper. The grand majority of news websites

such

as BBC news are free,

although

there are others like The New York Times, which ask its readers to pay for a subscription before they can access all the featured content on their site.

However

, the latter might still be better than buying a copy of the newspaper. According to Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy, each copy of the New York Times cost $2 for each Monday through Saturday edition, while each Sunday edition cost up to $6.

This

leaves a total of $18 per week, which is relatively high compared to the monthly subscription of $16.99 offered by the same print on their website. In conclusion, it is foreseeable that the

internet

might replace newspapers in the near future due to the advantages the

first

one offers that the latter cannot. It is

also

safe to say that using the

internet

as a main source of

information

gives readers the ability to navigate through different sources as well as choosing better and cheaper options to spend their money on if they so desire.