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These days, many people like to have an information of the world from media such as television news reports because television can present information more rapidly than newspapers. By obtaining information from television news program, it is possible to understand actual situation simultaneously and evaluate the case truly. Firstly, people might misunderstand information of newspapers because journalists have each different opinions and each newspapers can have different political stances. It is possible that information can be seen differently depending on the writer's opinions in articles. For instance, when democratic movement began in the city of southern region of Korea in 1980, newspapers of that period reported that this movement was a rebellion risen by North Korean spies, so many of Korean people cannot understand the real situation of the case. Only German broadcasting system reported the truth of this movement and describe the harsh situations that Koreans experienced. Although Korean people recognize the truth of democratic movement of 1980 after several years, many victims of the movement were suffered from various problems throughout life. This can show us riskiness of newspaper's articles which neglect the truth. Secondly, a television news report is more effective to spread information rapidly and widely at the same time. Although newspapers can tell us specific information and opinions of journalists which help us to understand the situation more deeply, they cannot be published immediately after some events occur. However, it is possible to see the important event from live broadcasts of television news even if from long distance in the world and this is helpful to understand the situation truly. For example, during the manifestation which Korean citizens required the resignation of president in 2017, Koreans and people from foreign countries can see the serious situations simultaneously from news programs of many Korean broadcasting systems. This encourages people to understand severity of the case and to combine against dictatorship of the president. This shows us the effectiveness of television broadcasting to provide information fast and extensively. In conclusion, it is important for news reports to give information to people rapidly and widely. In addition, people can evaluate the case of news broadcast in television by themselves. For this reason, television news reports seem like more important than newspapers. |