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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? Would it be better if more good news was reported? v.3

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? Would it be better if more good news was reported? v. 3
It has often been said that “Good news is bad news” because it does not sell newspapers. A radio station that once decided to present only good news soon found that it had gone out of business for lack of listeners. Bad news on the other hand is so common that in order to cope with it, we often simply ignore it. We have become immune to bad news and the newspapers and radio stations are aware of this. While newspapers and TV stations may aim to report world events accurately, be they natural or human disasters, political events or the horrors of war, it is also true that their main objective is to sell newspapers and attract listeners and viewers to their stations. For this reason TV and radio stations attempt to reflect the flavour of their station by providing news broadcasts tailormade to suit their listeners’ preferences. Programmes specialising in pop music or TV soap operas focus more on local news, home issues and uptodate traffic reports. The more serious stations and newspapers like to provide “so called” objective news reports with editorial comment aimed at analysing the situation. If it is true, then, that newspapers and TV stations are tailoring their news to their readers’ and viewers’ requirements, how can they possibly be reporting real world events in an honest and objective light? Many radio and TV stations do, in fact, report items of good news but they no longer call this news. They refer to these as human interest stories and package them in programmes specialising, for instance, in consumer affairs or local issues. Good news now comes to us in the form of documentaries the fight against children’s cancer or AIDS, or the latest developments in the fight to save the planet from environmental pollution.
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news”
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because
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newspapers
. A
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radio
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station
that once decided to present
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only
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good
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news
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soon
found that it had gone out of business for lack of listeners.
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on the other hand
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common that in order to cope with it, we
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simply
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it. We have become immune to
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bad
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news
and the
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and
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radio
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stations
are aware of this.

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newspapers
and TV
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stations
may aim to
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report
world
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accurately
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or the horrors of war, it is
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newspapers
and attract listeners and viewers to their
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stations
.
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TV and
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radio
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stations
attempt to reflect the
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flavour
of their
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station
by providing
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news
broadcasts
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tailormade
to suit their listeners’ preferences.
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Programmes
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specialising
in pop music or TV soap operas focus more on local
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news
, home issues and
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uptodate
traffic
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reports
. The more serious
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stations
and
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newspapers
like to provide “
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so
called” objective
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news
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reports
with editorial comment aimed at
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analysing
the situation.

If it is true, then, that
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and TV
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stations
are tailoring their
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to their readers’ and viewers’ requirements, how can they
possibly
be reporting real world
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in an honest and objective light?
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radio
and TV
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do, in fact,
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report
items of
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good
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news
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. They refer to these as human interest stories and package them in
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programmes
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specialising
,
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now
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to us in the form of documentaries the fight against children’s cancer or AIDS, or the latest developments in the fight to save the planet from environmental pollution.
4Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
39Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
9Mistakes

IELTS essay 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? Would it be better if more good news was reported? v. 3

Essay
  American English
3 paragraphs
300 words
6
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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  • Include an introduction and conclusion
  • Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
  • Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
  • Try to vary your vocabulary using accurate synonyms
  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 6.0
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
  • Answer all parts of the question
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    Present relevant ideas
  • Fully explain these ideas
  • Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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