The majority of television news being reported is bad news: wars, famines, accidents and crime. Some people think that television news should be a mixture of good and bad news.Choose whether you agree or disagree with this statement and discuss why you ch

The media is responsible for the way we receive information from all around the world. Some people think that the news we view should be a mixture negative current events and ones that represent a better view of humanity. In this essay, I will argue that a balance of positive and negative news items is the best option for us.

As human beings, we need a positive view of ourselves portrayed in the media. We need to see models of good human behaviour so that we can emulate the behaviour in accordance with our value systems. For example, displaying humans treating each other with kindness and respect may lead to an audience acting on these positive ideas. By reporting positive news stories we may build a more resilient and robust society.

Bad news is often a record of the violent and dangerous behaviour and actions that are occurring around the world minute by minute. It is a realistic display of the way humans treat each other and showing it on the news reminds us of the dangers that many people face every day. For example, continuing wars, political turmoil, incurable diseases, natural disasters are events that are constantly present. If we are to solve these problems, we need to be constantly reminded that they exist.

This essay has argued that a realistic portrayal of world events may be necessary to remind us daily of the ongoing problems many humans face but presenting examples of positive solutions may bring about a positive change in our society more effectively. In my opinion, the balance of television news should good rather than bad to be more reflective of current events and more effective in moulding society.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 11, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[4]
Message: You should probably use: 'are'.
Suggestion: are
The media is responsible for the way we receive info...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, may, so, for example, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.5418719212 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 6.10837438424 180% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 8.36945812808 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 5.94088669951 151% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 20.9802955665 153% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 34.0 31.9359605911 106% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.75862068966 87% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1377.0 1207.87684729 114% => OK
No of words: 283.0 242.827586207 117% => OK
Chars per words: 4.86572438163 5.00649968141 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10153676581 3.92707691288 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55431819624 2.71678728327 94% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 139.433497537 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.540636042403 0.580463131201 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 441.0 379.143842365 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.57093596059 102% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.6157635468 130% => OK
Article: 2.0 1.56157635468 128% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.71428571429 117% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.931034482759 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 3.65517241379 82% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 12.6551724138 103% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.5024630542 102% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.3405327013 50.4703680194 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.923076923 104.977214359 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.7692307692 20.9669160288 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.38461538462 7.25397266985 47% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.33497536946 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 6.9802955665 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 2.75862068966 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 2.91625615764 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.213188587846 0.242375264174 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0802081077066 0.0925447433944 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0748799211072 0.071462118173 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138689518253 0.151781067708 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0447011203963 0.0609392437508 73% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 12.6369458128 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.1260098522 94% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.54236453202 47% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 10.9458128079 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 11.5310837438 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.7 8.32886699507 104% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 55.0591133005 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.94827586207 80% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.3980295567 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.5123152709 114% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 72.2222222222 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 65.0 Out of 90
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