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?

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Journalism is
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art of showcasing the world with all the current affairs around the world and
examine
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the impact of that on people.
News
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companies tend to invest a large amount of money to cover international
news
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whereas
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local
news
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which resonates more with
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the local
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audience and I completely disagree with
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gesture. Developing countries like India, China and Bangladesh are still attracted to foreign nations and try to replicate their culture and way of living. And as we know everything comes with
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and
this
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human
curosity
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curiosity
has led to invest more money to cover international stories.
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, a person living in the rural part of India has more
curosity
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curiosity
to know about the results of the American presidential elections and
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to keep
close
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eye on the whereabouts of that country. The craze for foreign
nations
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seed has been planted by these
news
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media
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in the population of these growing nations so that they can act and walk like them. There are many local
news
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channels which do
there
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job faithfully and try to showcase the real
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which can make difference in local citizens but they are supported well financially as the viewers are less. Advertisement
organisation
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organisations
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don't approach these
media
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houses as they have minimal audience attention and that impacts the growth.
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, these local
media
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are not backed by the local government which not only impacts the employment ratio of the country but
also
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deviate
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citizens from actual problems which can affect their lives.
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, it is important for governments to be active in dealing with
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this
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these
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situations.
Central
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government should provide subsidies to local
news
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anchors and broadcasters, hire social
media
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influencers to improve viewership of
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this
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channels and allocate more
fund
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funds
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so that they can display the real picture of what we are than what we want to. To conclude, it is important for governments to take wise measures and educate people to watch more which really matters.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • community impact
  • timely information
  • public safety
  • local elections
  • resources
  • investigative journalism
  • uncover
  • corruption
  • environmental concerns
  • sense of community
  • cohesive society
  • national policies
  • global awareness
  • digital media
  • adapt
  • viable sources of information
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