Today a vast number of people tends to believe that in order to be well-informed a citizen ought to employ many different news sources. Although I understand the reasons on which this stance is based, I do not support it. The reasons on which my prospect is based will be discussed in details below.
Firstly, we live in a new informational age and a huge bulk of information is available for us on-line and off-line. Novel data keeps arriving continuously and endlessly. There is no stop, no pause in this process. If a person does not have a certain number of news resources which is restricted to one or two, the man will be forced to pointlessly try to separate important information from unimportant and relevant news from unworthy one.
Secondly, it may be quite expensive to look for news in many resources because buying magazines, newspaper issues, subscription to internet sites may cost an appreciable amount of money. For instance, a subscription to the Economist will cost you about 500$ per year, buying regularly the Wall Street Journal will take out of your pocket additional 500$; if you want to watch news on a cable television be prepared to pay even bigger amount of greenbacks. In other words, an adherence to a couple of different news resources will give you an indispensable opportunity to save money.
Finally, there is no need in scanning many news outlets in order to be informed. You can get a decent result with two sources which represent the opposed viewpoints on the issue. For instance, if you are American and you are interested in the Presidential elections, you may pick Democratic and Republican newspapers. By reading them a person will be able to create a comprehensive understanding of the current situation. One more example, if you are a Russian person who tries to understand the war in Syria, you may use European and Russian news outlets as a resource of information. The true facts will be mentioned in both sources, although their interpretation may differ dramatically.
To wrap up, using many resources of news is expensive and inefficient because of enormous volume of information which is pouring on us in every given moment; at the same time, choosing two news resources with opposed prospects on the issue will be relatively cheap and highly informative.
Today
a vast number of
people
tends to believe that in order to be well-informed a citizen ought to employ
many
different
news
sources. Although I understand the reasons on which this stance
is based
, I do not support it. The reasons on which my prospect
is based
will
be discussed
in
details
below.
Firstly
, we
live
in a
new
informational age and a huge bulk of
information
is available for us on-line and off-line. Novel data
keeps
arriving
continuously
and
endlessly
. There is no
stop
, no pause in this process. If a person does not have a certain number of
news
resources which
is restricted
to one or two, the
man
will
be forced
to
pointlessly
try to separate
important
information
from unimportant and relevant
news
from unworthy one.
Secondly
, it may be quite expensive to look for
news
in
many
resources
because
buying magazines, newspaper issues, subscription to internet sites may cost an appreciable amount of money.
For instance
, a subscription to the Economist will cost you about
500$
per year, buying
regularly
the Wall Street Journal will take out of your pocket additional
500$
; if you want to
watch
news
on a cable television
be prepared
to pay even bigger amount of greenbacks.
In other words
, an adherence to a couple of
different
news
resources will give you an indispensable opportunity to save money.
Finally
, there is no need in scanning
many
news
outlets in order to
be informed
. You can
get
a decent result with two sources which represent the opposed viewpoints on the issue.
For instance
, if you are American and you
are interested
in the Presidential elections, you may pick Democratic and Republican newspapers. By reading them a person will be able to create a comprehensive understanding of the
current
situation. One more example, if you are a Russian person who tries to understand the war in Syria, you may
use
European and Russian
news
outlets as a
resource
of
information
. The true facts will
be mentioned
in both sources, although their interpretation may differ
dramatically
.
To wrap up, using
many
resources of
news
is expensive and inefficient
because
of enormous volume of
information
which is pouring on us in every
given
moment; at the same time, choosing two
news
resources with opposed prospects on the issue will be
relatively
cheap
and
highly
informative.