Watching TV and reading newspapers are waste of time

The news has no part in daily life. Therefore, time is wasted when watching the news on TV or reading newspapers. Agree or disagree?

AGREE

-         So much news

-         Lack critical thinking

DISAGREE

-         Enrich knowledge

-         Widen vision

-         Critical thinking

How humans spend time wisely remains a question. It is claimed that since the appearance of television and newspapers, people are well informed while others believe that they actually waste time on the absorption of such news. I totally agree with the latter idea for the following reasons.

First, it is believed that news is a source of joys for human. No sooner have they finished their tedious work than they bury themselves in newspapers for sensational news to feel refreshed. However, there exist other more useful activities instead of sticking themselves to boring screens. Why not taking part in physical activities that are conducive to their health improvement or volunteer activities to help the needy out there? Harmful effects are, as well, seen in people’s addiction to watching news on television and in newspapers, from eye sight problems, passive thinking to obesity. Surveys have shown that there have been a greater number of people, especially children, experiencing overweight, as a result of so-called “coach potato” syndrome.

Another argument in favor of the former idea is that through updated news, people can make sense of things around them and enrich their knowledge. It is a real world if we only rely on news on media to feed our mind? For sake of profit, media is sometimes distorted to the advantage of a few while human only expect the real truth, not lies. Some children whose critical thinking is not mature enough are more likely to be led to believe in news, which results in their personal bias against others and aggressive behavior. Human already undergo high pressure from their current work, but are now misled and spare their specious time on this occasional lying machine. Is it worth, after all? Let’s make use of such little time with our dear family’s gatherings to cement relationship, friends to share ups and downs, book-reading habit exercising our imagination, and wonderful journeys to the outside world where we can dicover the genuine truth and enrich our vision.

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           Informed (adj) am hiểu

-         Absorption (n) sự hấp thu, hút, sự miệt mài  - (v) absorb

-         Tedious (adj) nhạt nhẽo, buồn tẻ, chán ngắt

-         Sensational news : thông tin giật gân

-         Syndrome /’sindroum/ (n) (y học) hội chứng

-         Bias + towards/ in favor of/ against (v) có xu hướng, thiên về, nghiêng về