The news: what to be careful

about
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These are some titles or some introductions of news we can hear every
day, right? You turn on the TV to watch some news and these are some
headers you can come across with. But, are they all really bad news?

In the Joker movie, Arthur said “​Is it just me or is it getting crazier out
there?” M
​ aybe he’s right and we can’t oppose to that idea if everything that
we consume and see are bad news. Let me ask you a question, how often
do you see something positive on the morning news?
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To find the answers to these questions we need to go and research some

specific magazines or online blogs that talk about many and various things,
just the real thing of what is happening in the world, as an example we have
the foundations.
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But, do the local news talk about this? Of course not. But why not?

The word in here is S

​ ensationalism. J
​ ust think about this.
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Surely, they don’t want the working class to have hope about their future,
but they make them think that everything is dangerous out there, that
buying a car is dangerous, that rich people are bad, that we don’t have to
trust when someone wants to sell us something that is actually valuable,
because they want poor people to stay poor and that’s why they brainwash
society with ​shitty​ and sometimes even ​gossip​ news, like some girl has
broken up with some man and they are talking about it but the man has a
new girl...
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To conclude with this, I would like you to keep informed, but do it on your
own, follow some positive blogs, download apps that provide you with good
information (a very good one is Squid) and avoid watching the news on TV.

Question: P
​ ut these sentences in the correct paragraph

a) why on earth would I like to know about this when there are serious
things happening in the world, things and people that are trying to
change this world into a better tomorrow?

b) How often do you see that people are actually helping others? How
often do you see something that can give you hope in the world?

c) TV channel are controlled by the government, and what do the

government want to influence on people?

d) “A group of thieves broke into several houses last night” “An

identified person kidnapped the CEO of one of the most important
companies in Colombia” “The number of mugging and vandalism has
increased the last months”

e) Millionaire people are actually more aware of what is happening in the

world and what are the issues they need to pursue in order to live in a
better world, and they are spending tremendous amounts of money
having this as their main purpose.
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ANSWERS:

1-a ; 2-b; 3-e ; 4-c ; 5-a