Some people think news has no connection to people's lives. So then it is a waste of time to read the newspaper and watch television news programs. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Nowadays, there is an overwhelming amount of, both true and false,
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being scattered on the news media every day, which leads to a claim that it is futile to watch or read news. I,
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, disagree with
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statement due to the undeniable benefits of being up-to-date.
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with, it is understandable to feel alienated and unrelated to the news due to the irrelevant
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. Indeed, a news
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now has to cover a wide range of categories and each individual would have their own personalized preference to acquire new knowledge.
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, VTV3, a news
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in Vietnam, is obligated to cover
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about
politics but
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politics, but
most of the teenagers are unconcerned with those matters so it is natural for them to disregard the need to watch
news
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the news
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, I still strongly support watching and reading news due to educational benefits. Newspaper or television programs are functionally designed to provide up-to-date
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to the viewers and that
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can be of critical importance to the public without everyone realizing it.
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can be seen in the case of Coronavirus news in which some might not feel related to the
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in December 2019, but thanks to the awareness of
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disease at the early stage, the Vietnam government has been able to limit the effect of
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highly infectious disease.
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, exactly because the interest of people
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with
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is highly different, the news
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has to include a wide array of categories. It is true that the youngster, more likely than not, find most of the political news
unrelatable but
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unreliable, but
unreliable but
there are many businessmen and more mature people that would be highly interested in
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news. The same stories can be applied to celebrity gossip and
rumor
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
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so if one thinks watching
news
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the news
is a waste of time, maybe he/she should change the
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. In conclusion, despite the negative effect, I want to reaffirm that it is not futile to watching or reading news, in fact acquiring new
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can prove to have significant educational impacts.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • informed decisions
  • social issues
  • positive changes
  • weather updates
  • financial news
  • governmental policies
  • democratic participation
  • current affairs
  • local events
  • global events
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