Some people believe that the radio is the best way to get news while others believe that TV is better for this purpose. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

People receive
news
from different sources.
This
essay shall compare the famous media from which people get
news
-the
radio
and
the
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television .I believe that both have their own importance as far as
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over the
radio
.
Radio
can provide several purposes.
for
example
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you need to sit in front of the
TV
sets to watch it but in
case
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of
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radio
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you can put it in a pocket and listen to programs of your choice
while
driving , working, so jogging at a party ,having meals or even lying on the bed with light off and resting.
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the
news
script is
also
different as a
radio
newsreader has to describe the whole event through words and not to pause long like
TV
.
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instance
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if one match is going on ,
a
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radio commentators
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radio
commentators 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, so they can
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what
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is going on in their favourite match.
On the other
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no
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doubt
today in modern life level of
TV
seems higher than
radio
.
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the two major human senses of communication and
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therefore
more beneficial.
For
instance
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if you hear
a
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news
about an accident you may forget it soon,but if you have seen
horriffying
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horrifying
images of the same accident on
TV
news
you may not forget the impact on your mind for a long time to come.
To conclude
,both these media are not equivalent and interchangeable with each other ,as they have unique characteristics.The television
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,has a slight edge over the
radio
because of its visual impact.
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