Some peopre believe that the radio is the best way to get news .while ofhers believe thot 'lY is belter for lhis purpose. Discuss both views, ond give your opinion.

People
receive
news
from different sources.
This
essay shall compare two popular media from which
people
receive
news
- the
radio
and the television. I believe that both have their own importance as far
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getting
news
is concerned, but
TV
certainly has an edge over the
radio
.
Radio
,
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can be accessed in a variety of situations. You need to sit in front of the
TV
sets
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to watch it, but in
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case of
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the radio
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radio
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you can put it in a pocket and listen to programs of your interest
while
jogging at a park, driving, commuting to and from work, having meals or even lying on the bed with lights off and resting.
Furthermore
, the
news
script is
also
different as a
radio
newsreader has to describe the whole event through words and not
to
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pause long
whereas
news
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newsreel is punctuated with long pauses when footage of some event is shown.
For example
, if a cricket sports match is going on, a
radio
commentator will have to speak a lot more than what a
TV
commentator will have to speak.
This
is very helpful to those
people
who cannot take a break from work, but still want to know what is going on in their favourite match.
On the other hand
,
TV
seems
overwhelmingly
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outplaying
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radio
on various counts.
Firstly
, it combines both sight and sound, which are the two major human senses for communication
,
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and is
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therefore
more
influencing
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.
For
instance
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if you hear a
news
item about an accident, you may forget it soon, but if you have seen horrifying images
ofthe
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of the
same accident on
TV
news
, you may not forget the impact on your mind for a long time to come.
Secondly
, with the advent of the latest technology, the
TV
has become as portable as the
radio
. The
smart phones
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oftoday
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today
have apps
such
as'Hotsta/, which enable
people
to watch
news
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on the go.
To conclude
, both these media are not equivalent and interchangeable with each other, as they have unique characteristics. The television,
however
, has a slight edge over the
radio
because of its visual
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