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News stories on TV and in newspapers are very often accompanied by pictures. Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words. What is your opinion about this?

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In current society, there is aroused a debate connected with that
pictures
 are more useful than
the
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words
 on television and in
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newspaper
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. From my point of view,
words
 are able to express deep meanings than
the
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pictures
.
To begin
 with,
words
 help us to understand the meaning of the topics for a variety of reasons.
For example
, there is a picture which is related to a lady who is on the ground. What has happened? Nobody knows it without
words
. Writers can help you to imagine
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 process of the actions.
Moreover
, a journalist always presents the news on television, but the
pictures
 are shown on the screen.
As a result
, many people think that we can understand
about
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this
 news
while
 they are looking at the screen.
Last
 but not least, if we do not use
words
 more, a newspaper or a book will look like a comic book.
That is
 the reason why we write more than we put
pictures
on
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 the novel. Turning to the other side of the argument, a picture needs to improve sufficiently in order to improve the whole context.
For instance
, a picture of Michael Jordan, which has been taken at the right moment, has shown us how wonderful was the
last
 shot in the NBA final. In conclusion, the
pictures
 should be posted in the newspaper and on television, but
words
 are going to be a sword for a writer and a journalist. In
this
 way, people will be able to read
a
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more.
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