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Some people think news has no connection to peoples lives. Therefore, it is a waste of time to read the newspaper and watch television news programs. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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With the rise in technology, we see the
news
 in many various ways
such
 as on Instagram, on our TVs or in the newspaper, regardless of
this
,
news
 has become an integral part of our lives whether we like it or not. I believe that watching the
news
 is neither a waste nor a good way of spending time. On one hand,
while
news
 causes awareness and helps people form an opinion and campaign against a person or a law like the Kolkata rape tragedy
that is
 happening in India, it
also
 helps people gain knowledge about different aspects of their life like politics or current affairs.
News
 is
also
 used to spread information to the masses and
hence
, has a huge influence on people.
Moreover
,
news
 serves as historical records and is evidence of what happened in the past.
Furthermore
, it
also
 helps us understand different perspectives on a particular topic.
On the other hand
, the huge influence of
news
 can
also
 be used in a negative way as most
news
 channels and creators are controlled by political parties which
then
 use their power to spread propaganda. Most of the
news
 these days is completely unreliable
while
also
 being irrelevant to some extent which makes it hard to trust a
news
 channel or newspaper.
News
 channels
also
 misuse their power by framing someone or something by taking a certain situation out of context to gain popularity and views.
To conclude
, I think that we should have a reliable
news
 source and be mindful of the
news
 we are consuming
while
 trying to understand both perspectives of a situation before taking a side.
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