Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Reading the newspaper or online news sources is a waste of time Provide reasons and examples to support your opinion

People have always tended to know and share the news to be aware of everything that is happening around them. Although it is thought that reading news from newspapers or online sources is a fruitless activity, I strongly believe that it has many benefits.
It is known that reading news keeps people updated and can provide them with a great sense of educational value. Not only the general information about a variety of vital skills such as economics, policy or science is an advantageous aspect of the reading news, but also language skills which readers can acquire during reading interesting news. For example, all language schools recommend students to read news in the language they study. Thus, students improve their language perception and become aware of social trends abroad.
Indeed, reading newspapers and internet news people can widen their knowledge and outlook on the world. They can support both small talks about weather conditions and serious discussions regarding science or life cases. It is reasonable that today's newspapers and internet resources are able to give followers a coverage of global and local news, weather forecasts and a whole host of entertainment such as Sudoku or puzzle games. Moreover, the readers of the newspapers and online sources generally improve their intelligence by developing critical thinking, particularly when they need to synthesize the information gained from various resources or articles.
Finally, reading is a way to personal development with which readers form a good habit to be bookworms. It is obvious that people who read newspapers or online portals are more likely to be common frequent readers. In general, the habit to read newspapers can gradually transform into love to reading that seems to terrifically beneficial for all people of all ages.
In conclusion, reading newspapers or online sources can trigger a wide range of pros if people will regularly be interested in it. Being aware of actual things happen worldwide, using critical thinking and improving language skills are the magnificent features became available for people to obtain after reading.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...ned from various resources or articles. Finally, reading is a way to personal de...
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...ble for people to obtain after reading.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, if, look, moreover, regarding, so, thus, for example, in conclusion, in general, such as

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 15.1003584229 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 9.8082437276 82% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 13.8261648746 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.0286738351 100% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 43.0788530466 51% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 52.1666666667 77% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.0752688172 99% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1801.0 1977.66487455 91% => OK
No of words: 338.0 407.700716846 83% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.32840236686 4.8611393121 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.28774723029 4.48103885553 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7482213326 2.67179642975 103% => OK
Unique words: 191.0 212.727598566 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.565088757396 0.524837075471 108% => OK
syllable_count: 558.9 618.680645161 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.51630824373 112% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 9.59856630824 52% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.94265232975 40% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 20.6003584229 73% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.6087760351 48.9658058833 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.066666667 100.406767564 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5333333333 20.6045352989 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.2 5.45110844103 132% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 3.85842293907 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.19511044075 0.236089414692 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0724988452478 0.076458572812 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0439075442482 0.0737576698707 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113588172773 0.150856017488 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0239348446331 0.0645574589148 37% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 11.7677419355 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 58.1214874552 70% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 10.1575268817 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.93 10.9000537634 128% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.03 8.01818996416 113% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 86.8835125448 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.002688172 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.247311828 146% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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