Some people think that newspapers are the best ways to learn the news. However, others believe that they can learn news better through other media. Discuss both views and give your opinion

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Newspapers
have been the most convenient way to learn the
news
for centuries.
However
, it has crucially changed because of the Internet and other technological advances. Which led to
decreasing
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the popularity of
newspapers
. It is much easier for
people
to be informed about global and regional
news
without leaving the comfort of their
home
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homes
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or
by
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buying piles of
newspapers
daily.
Due to
these reasons I completely agree with the idea that learning
news
through the
media
is much better.
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, I would like to mention that there are some advantages of
newspapers
which are absent in social
media
,
such
as true
information
about
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events
and
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etc.
FIrst
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and foremost, I concur that social
media
is a better source of
information
because it is convenient and does not require a
big
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amount of time, unlike
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newspapers
. I mean, being able to find all the global and local
news
without even leaving your home is much more comfortable for everyone, rather than going to buy
newspapers
.
Secondly
,
newspapers
influence ecology in a negative way. In order to produce piles of
newspapers
daily you would need
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amount of paper, which leads to deforestation.
And deforestation
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leads to
extinction
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the extinction
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of various kinds of animals and other ecological problems. Unlike
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newspapers
media
does require not any
papers
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paper
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,
hence
it is much more ecologically friendly.
However
,
newspapers
also
have
load
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a load
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of advantages. And one of them is showing true
information
to
people
. Editors even hire a group of
fact checkers
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, in order to investigate the events and
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not mistakenly publish wrong
information
which will confuse
people
. But in
media
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media,
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everyone tries to publish as
much
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many
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publications as possible which leads to confusing
people
because of not true
information
in the
news
.
To sum up
, even though
newspapers
have their own advantages, I think that
media
is much better and has
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impact
to
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the
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nature (which is vital for leaving creatures on the Earth). And probably after
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decades
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decades,
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people
will stop producing
newspapers
at all, because of decreasing popularity.
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task response
The essay demonstrates an understanding of the prompt and provides some relevant arguments for both views. However, there is room for improvement in presenting a balanced discussion.
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The essay lacks coherence and cohesion in some areas. The logical structure of the essay needs improvement, and the introduction and conclusion could be more clearly presented.

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    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • news coverage
  • perspectives
  • opinions
  • accessed
  • interactive
  • engaging
  • real-time
  • multimedia
  • combination
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