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Some people think that detailed criminal description on newspapers and TV programs has bad consequence, so this kind of information should be restricted on media. To what extent do you agree?

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Many
people
 believe that sharing too
much
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 details of a crime to the public on newspaper and TV might lead to negative outcomes,
therefore
,
this
 kind of information should be restricted. In my view, I strongly agree that
this
 type of information must be controlled and not available to everyone. When putting specific details of a criminal description out to the media bad consequences might occur, because others with bad intentions may use
this
 information and repeat the crime.
For example
, one time a criminal in
japan
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Japan
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 tried to kill someone,
although
 he
faild
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failed
 the attempt to
the
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apply
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murder was so smart that it aired on live television with every little detail included.
In addition
, years later a man was murdered in the US,
moreover
, after a lot of investigation the police figured that the killer followed the same steps of the attempt
the
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that
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 happened in Japan.
On the other hand
, it is useful for
people
 to know these detailed stories in order to be careful and warn others.
For instance
, one time some guy took advantage of underage girls online by attracting them to do things for him and by taking sexual pictures of themselves. Later
on
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 he
go
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got
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 arrested and the tactics that he used on these girls got exposed.
Consequently
, many
people
 learned from
this
 story to not trust anyone online,
furthermore
, now lectures about
this
 are held in schools in order to avoid being in these situations and keep everybody safe. In conclusion,
Although
 sharing criminal descriptions
to
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in
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 the media is helpful to protect ourselves, many bad
people
 will take advantage of it and use it for horrible things.
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