It is more important to read or watch news presented by people whose views are different from your own than it is to read or watch news presented by those whose views are similar to your own answer.
In modern times, due to the rapid evolution of technology, the media is an integral part of our life. It provides people with information about local and global events, politics, economics, social issues, and so forth. Without a shadow of a doubt, it is common knowledge that the media is not always objective and unbiased, and the news is often presented with a slanted interpretation of certain ideologies or political viewpoints. Some people advocate that it is more important to read or watch news displayed by people who have different views. Others maintain a contrary view that it is unnecessary. While these ideas have their bases, they need to be scrutinized meticulously. In my opinion, thinking out of the box and accepting other perspectives have profound influences. In the subsequent paragraphs, I will elaborate on my viewpoint through two compelling reasons.
First of all, reading or watching presentations by people with different views can broaden one's horizon on current events. Exposure to diverse information helps us gain a more comprehensive understanding of complex issues, and also helps prevent individuals from being trapped in an echo chamber of their ideas. For profit, tech companies set subtle tricks to lull susceptible people into addiction, for example, algorithms tend to prioritize content that aligns with one's existing beliefs, and many people stay in their comfort zones and wallow in unconscious scrolling without noticing it. After forming the community of the same viewpoints, the companies start to promote their products that fit their certain needs, and people in this community would spontaneously contribute their salaries to the pitfalls. However, by seeking out opposing news from different sources, individuals can challenge their assumptions and develop vigilance toward the world around them.
Moreover, from a standpoint of mindset, accepting different views also enhances our critical thinking skills. When confronted with others' opinions that contradict one's existing knowledge, people are forced to engage in a more critical evaluation of the information and learn to introspect themselves. For example, my father used to be a huge fan of TikTok which is a well-known video platform in China. Every day he would spend at least one hour scrolling the screen browsing unconsciously because the algorithm showcased a huge amount of absurd regimens like eating hot pot in summer is detrimental to health, drinking alcohol on an empty stomach increases blood circulation, eating vitamin supplements is more important than eating fresh foods, and so forth. He could not help himself to order things that the application recommended to him. However, after experiencing his impulse purchases, he was really disappointed and realized the products were not as perfect as the companies boasted in the advertisement, and even cause other health problems. I told him to use search engines and follow the doctor's orders. Hence, he never buys things like this ever and starts to verify the authenticity of every piece of news and information that he receives, and saved a bunch of money to devote to truly valuable things like horticulture and calligraphy, and even has obtained a better body.
More or less, people do have this common sense but it is still hard to always maintain objectivity in real life, especially when they are in an unstable mindset, and holding an emotional tendency towards others. Some people may even choose to fit in cliques because they think it is a more powerful way to consolidate their beliefs. Nevertheless, blocking different viewpoints and keeping oneself in a filter bubble may polarize their ideals and make them small insight and arrogant, or even antagonize different groups, extreme insularity is like a stagnant pond without fresh water, the barrier would become insurmountable, and leading to much severe aftermath.
Just like the book In a Grove written by Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the story centers on the death of a young samurai whose body was found in a bamboo forest. The preceding story unravels with a series of testimonies given by seven people. And the story also has become an idiom in japan to signify a situation where the truth remains hidden due to different statements that are attributed to people's own interests.
Listening to different sides is the best way to not be torn by biased interpretations from different people, and to approach the kernel of truth.
Therefore, reflecting upon all reasons mentioned above, it is more important to read and watch the news from different perspectives and exerts more positive influences on their future in a myriad of facets. While there are one thousand Hamlets in one thousand people's eyes, I believe my opponents will compromise after reading my article.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 92, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...people with different views can broaden ones horizon on current events. Exposure to ...
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Line 7, column 14, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...obtained a better body. More or less, people do have this common sense but it ...
^^
Line 7, column 640, Rule ID: TO_TOO[2]
Message: Did you mean 'too'?
Suggestion: too
...ould become insurmountable, and leading to much severe aftermath. Just like the...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, really, so, still, then, therefore, well, while, at least, for example, first of all, in my opinion, more or less
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 15.1003584229 166% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 9.8082437276 112% => OK
Conjunction : 35.0 13.8261648746 253% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.0286738351 136% => OK
Pronoun: 58.0 43.0788530466 135% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 111.0 52.1666666667 213% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 13.0 8.0752688172 161% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 4063.0 1977.66487455 205% => Less number of characters wanted.
No of words: 768.0 407.700716846 188% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.29036458333 4.8611393121 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.26429605181 4.48103885553 117% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89944196572 2.67179642975 109% => OK
Unique words: 426.0 212.727598566 200% => Less unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.5546875 0.524837075471 106% => OK
syllable_count: 1261.8 618.680645161 204% => syllable counts are too long.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 9.59856630824 115% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 14.0 1.86738351254 750% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.94265232975 162% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.6003584229 146% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 20.1344086022 124% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 76.4701830055 48.9658058833 156% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.433333333 100.406767564 135% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.6 20.6045352989 124% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 5.45110844103 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.53405017921 154% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 11.8709677419 126% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.88709677419 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.229112711571 0.236089414692 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0538625075128 0.076458572812 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0733377122011 0.0737576698707 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.105710526087 0.150856017488 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0522404482168 0.0645574589148 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 11.7677419355 139% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 58.1214874552 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 10.1575268817 128% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.7 10.9000537634 126% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.71 8.01818996416 121% => OK
difficult_words: 235.0 86.8835125448 270% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.0537634409 119% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 92, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...people with different views can broaden ones horizon on current events. Exposure to ...
^^^^
Line 7, column 14, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...obtained a better body. More or less, people do have this common sense but it ...
^^
Line 7, column 640, Rule ID: TO_TOO[2]
Message: Did you mean 'too'?
Suggestion: too
...ould become insurmountable, and leading to much severe aftermath. Just like the...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, really, so, still, then, therefore, well, while, at least, for example, first of all, in my opinion, more or less
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 15.1003584229 166% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 9.8082437276 112% => OK
Conjunction : 35.0 13.8261648746 253% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.0286738351 136% => OK
Pronoun: 58.0 43.0788530466 135% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 111.0 52.1666666667 213% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 13.0 8.0752688172 161% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 4063.0 1977.66487455 205% => Less number of characters wanted.
No of words: 768.0 407.700716846 188% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.29036458333 4.8611393121 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.26429605181 4.48103885553 117% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89944196572 2.67179642975 109% => OK
Unique words: 426.0 212.727598566 200% => Less unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.5546875 0.524837075471 106% => OK
syllable_count: 1261.8 618.680645161 204% => syllable counts are too long.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 9.59856630824 115% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 14.0 1.86738351254 750% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.94265232975 162% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.6003584229 146% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 20.1344086022 124% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 76.4701830055 48.9658058833 156% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.433333333 100.406767564 135% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.6 20.6045352989 124% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 5.45110844103 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.53405017921 154% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 11.8709677419 126% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.88709677419 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.229112711571 0.236089414692 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0538625075128 0.076458572812 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0733377122011 0.0737576698707 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.105710526087 0.150856017488 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0522404482168 0.0645574589148 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 11.7677419355 139% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 58.1214874552 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 10.1575268817 128% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.7 10.9000537634 126% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.71 8.01818996416 121% => OK
difficult_words: 235.0 86.8835125448 270% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.0537634409 119% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.