News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in a newspaper. What factors do you think influence their decision? Do we become used to bad news? Would it be better if more good news was reported?
These days it seems that more and more people are becoming a degree more inquisitive about what is happening in the world. Since as so this sense of curiosity has turned into a segregate and profitable industry entitled as mass media, and to a certain degree it is to be the single tool of influencing public's outlook, as the information being supplied is considered to be taken from reliable sources. Though, decisions on what to broadcast and what to conceal from society are taken on news editors own - they have their own views on current affairs. Would the show more negative events to creat...
- News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in a newspaper. What factors do you think influence their decision? Do we become used to bad news? Would it be better if more good news was reported? 90
- "Prevention is better than cure." Out of a country’s health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative measures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? 80
- Without capital punishment (the death penalty) our lives are less secure and crimes of violence increase. Capital punishment is essential to control violence in society.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? 80
- We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in business, hospitals, crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they be used in the future? Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious 90
- Fatherhood ought to be emphasized as much as motherhood. The idea that women are solely responsible for deciding whether or not to have babies leads on to the idea that they are also responsible for bringing the children up. 95
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