News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in
newspapers. What factors do you think influence these decisions? Do we become
used to bad news, and would it be better if more good news was reported?
It is true that editors have to make difficult decisions about which news stories they
broadcast or publish, and their choices are no doubt influenced by a variety of factors. In
my opinion, we are exposed to too much bad news, and I would welcome a greater
emphasis on good news.
Editors face a range of considerations when deciding what news stories to focus on.
Firstly, I imagine that they have to consider whether viewers or readers will be interested
enough to choose their television channel or their newspaper over competing providers.
Secondly, news editors have a responsibility to inform the public about important events
and issues, and they should therefore prioritise stories that are in the public interest.
Finally, editors are probably under some pressure from the owners who employ them. For
example, a newspaper owner might have particular political views that he or she wants to
promote.
It seems to me that people do become accustomed to negative news. We are exposed on
a daily basis to stories about war, crime, natural disasters and tragic human suffering
around the world. I believe that such repeated exposure gradually desensitises people,
and we become more cynical about the world and more sceptical that we can do anything
to change it. I would prefer to see more positive news stories, such as reports of the work
of medical staff after a natural disaster, or the kindness of volunteers who help in their
communities. This kind of news might inspire us all to lead better lives.
In conclusion, it must be extremely difficult for editors to choose which news stories to
present, but I would like to see a more positive approach to this vital public service.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, in conclusion, kind of, no doubt, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 24.0651302605 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 41.998997996 98% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 8.3376753507 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1443.0 1615.20841683 89% => OK
No of words: 285.0 315.596192385 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.06315789474 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10876417139 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64528826697 2.80592935109 94% => OK
Unique words: 170.0 176.041082164 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.59649122807 0.561755894193 106% => OK
syllable_count: 453.6 506.74238477 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 5.43587174349 184% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 7.0 0.809619238477 865% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.90327451 49.4020404114 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.0 106.682146367 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9230769231 20.7667163134 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.23076923077 7.06120827912 131% => OK
Paragraphs: 20.0 4.38176352705 456% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.320715872496 0.244688304435 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105373352425 0.084324248473 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0727894293754 0.0667982634062 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0867825445443 0.151304729494 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0769572080266 0.056905535591 135% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.0946893788 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.4159519038 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 78.4519038076 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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