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Write about the following topic: 'Nowadays, news companies spend a lot of money covering international news. However, local news is more relevant to people's lives and should receive more funding.' To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Almost all the
media
 outlets cover not only local
news
 but
also
 global
news
. While local
news
 impacts people in a closer and more relevant way, I do not agree that more budget should be utilized on local
content
.
Firstly
, gathering local information, naturally, needs
less
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fewer
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 resources compared to sourcing
of
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apply
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data from outside.
Secondly
, local
news
are
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is
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 limited and excess funding would eventually go to waste. Various types of
cost
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costs
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 go into
sourcing
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the sourcing
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of
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apply
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international
news
. These include expenses for the crew members
such
 as transportation and accommodation; translators and guides; and even security at war zones, just to name a few. Even if the
broading
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broadening
 stations do not send their own crew, they will still need to pay the local
media
at
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in
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 other countries for the information that they are receiving.
On the other hand
, gathering
news
 locally is less costly as
such
 expenses will not even incur.
Therefore
, it is not necessary to spend more
for
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on
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 local
content
. No matter how big a country is, there are only so
much
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many
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 happenings in it that are worthy to be in the
news
.
Additonally
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Additionally
, all the local
media
 agencies will be covering the same pieces of local
news
everyday
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.
Abundent
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Abundant
 funding for internal
content
 might actually go to waste.
However
, if
insufficient
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the insufficient
an insufficient
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 fund is given to the global
news
 department, it might negatively impact the
media
 agencies as they could miss out some important global
news
. To conclude, both local information and internation
content
 are equally
imporant
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important
 to be covered by the
news
 agencies. Due to the limited amount of
news
 to be covered locally and its cost efficiency, I feel that it is not logical to provide more funding for the local
news
 than what is actually necessary.
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