The news media have too much influence on people’s lives today and this is a negative development. To what extent, do you agree or disagree?

Just a few decades ago, the news media was operated only through radio and printed newspapers.
However
, it has now entered the daily lives of citizens through many modern devices
such
as phones, laptops. While it has an enormous impact on most people’s life, I partly agree that
this
is a mostly negative development, and I will mention the reason why in
this
essay. On the one hand, Disadvantages of media include the risk of inaccurate reporting and loss of privacy. Sometimes, in a rush to be the
first
to break a story, the media give inaccurate or inaccurate
information
.
This
can be confusing, and depending on the
information
, it can damage the reputation of one or more
people
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person
.
For instance
,
few weeks
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a few weeks
ago, Viet Nam as well as the whole world
have
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has
to fight against the corona virus, and lots of Vietnamese people post some wrong
information
on social media
such
as Facebook, Instagram,
Accept space
etc
continuing in the same way
etc.
. Due to that wrong news
people
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person
in my countries become
confuse
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confused
and worry about their health because of the danger of the virus.
On the other hand
, the media can play a very vital and helpful role. News can leave audiences with different impressions about life around the world. Via a few news articles, audiences can learn about how beautiful of other countries around the world. It is
also
common to find articles on how miserable people are at wars, how bad the living conditions are, or how unstable the political situation is in some certain areas.
In addition
, we make a lot of mutual acquaintances to broaden our knowledge about the culture,
life style
a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
lifestyle
or traditions of different nations. In conclusion, Personally I think that beside some drawback news media bring to us lots of
benefit
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benefits
, the role of news media as an
information
provider should be acknowledged. In case of emergency, it acts as a
lifesaver
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life saver
. So it is dependent on how people use it to provide or approach
information
.
Submitted by phuoc.nguyenthi on

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