The news is very important because it keeps everybody updated. I look for a lot of facts and very little opinions. If there are opinions in a newscast or article, it makes it less reliable and makes people not want to believe it. Statistics is very important because it shows that the news source is reliable and has in depth facts. Well known reporters also make me trust a source. If i recognize the person or their name on a newscast, it makes me believe it even more. For example, if I see an article with Mitch Albom, I think of reliable information and can trust it. There are things that make me suspicious also. What makes me suspicious is a lot of opinions and non-organized articles. I have read so many articles where I could just tell that the information was not reliable and a bad source. For example, I read an article online from a link that I was unaware of. I read the first paragraph, and knew right away that it wasn't trustworthy. I then went to a more reliable site and found the information I was looking for.
My own personal defintion of the news is information that has a reliable source and is trustworthy to believe. What I mean by this, is information where people know is true and can spread the word to other people. This is how news gets spread. Whenever there is a reliable source, people find it and spread the information through different news organizations. Overall, news is very important through the world, and I have no idea where we would be without news, along with rumors.
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