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Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no special knowledge of the following topic: News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in newspapers. What factors do you think influence these decisions? Do we become used to bad news? Would it be better if more good news was reported? Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence. You should write at least 254 words.

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News
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 both in print media and in television should reflect the authentic, unbiased and important
news
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 for the audiences and that
news
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 play an important role in terms of educating
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, informing
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 about the current world and giving them an insight
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 political and social view. But sadly
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 is always not the case and
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editors
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 are often broadcast and publish biased and politically influenced
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 that does more harm than good to
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society. There are various
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 for that.
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 of all the personal views and political biasedness are two important factors that cause
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 problem. Newspapers and TV
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 should ideally be two great media to reach
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people
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 with
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real and authentic
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.
People
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 greatly rely on these media to get updates on events and current affairs and the impartial and biased
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 misleads them often. Often political views of
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 and their link to a particular political party lead to
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 problem. It is not uncommon that a chief editor gets appointed to the position by the powerful political party and he is expected to present
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 in favour of
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 party.
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, in many countries
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 impose strict rules on what type of
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 can be presented to the public and that
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 causes problems in terms of fair and accurate
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 presenting. In many cases, money and corruption are involved
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 act. Again, many newspapers heavily rely on other renowned newspapers and
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the internet
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 for current
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 and if the source is corrupted, that leads to the case of printing and broadcasting impartial and misleading
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. The personal threat, political
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, power, greed, pressure and personal gains, business are the main
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editors
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 sometimes decide what to broadcast and what to print. I would not agree with the notion that we are used to
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bad
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 as I have witnessed many cases when
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good news
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news
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 gets more attention and audience than bad
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. It’s true that bad
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 is by
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 nature is appealing to
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, but as a whole, we want to know about the true happening. Good or bad,
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 want to learn the truth. Often
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’s attention can be achieved by publishing and broadcasting bad and negative
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, but
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 is now always the truth as events like a peace treaty, world cup, noble contributions, achievements, good deeds and the political positive decision get more readers and viewers than bad
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. In conclusion, we are not used to the bad
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 and
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 do decide which
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 to be reached to the public or not based on their personal, business and political
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    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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