The news is an important source of knowledge for all of us about the world, especially in this era of technology. Journalists are mainly responsible to bring this news to us but not all of them are true to their responsibilities and ethics. How much can we trust the journalists? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

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It is believed that the fourth pillar of democracy is Journalism. A huge responsibility lies with the media houses and journalists, right from reporting the current affairs to bringing to

forefront

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the forefront

the plight of the people, journalism has played an important role in the society for decades.

This

has started to fade a little over the years, and we find a lot of journalists in today’s day and age to be biased and have crossed over the thin line of ethics by reporting in a manner which is misleading for the general public. People around the world have viewed the news to be updated with the current affairs.

Corporates

have realised the power of journalism and media houses for whom a major source of revenue is advertisement sales during the advertisement breaks have now succumbed to the greed and has started promoting brands in their news hours and

this

has given birth to the concept of paid news. The viewer who is watching and believing what is shown in the news to be true is playing in the

ands

(with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

hands

ends

bands

of these news channels and

corporates

of or belonging to a corporation

corporate

. The viewer while watching news channel should always use own judgement and verify facts before believing everything they see on news

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face value. Governments now a days have

also

realised the power of news channels and have started using

this

medium for propaganda and to change public opinion in their favour. It is a common practice for government to control these media houses to manipulate facts and to divert the attention of the people of the country. The viewer while watching news channel should

also

verify facts from other news sources as well. To conclude, I believe that in

this

era of paid news and manipulations,

viewers

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viewer

discretion is strongly advised before believing everything they see on a news

channels

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channel

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Introduction & conclusion present

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Lexical resource: 5.0

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Grammatical Range: 5.0

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306 words

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