The Detailed Description About Crime Will Affect the People and Cause Many

The detailed description about crime will affect the people and cause many social problems. Some people say that the media should be strictly controlled. Do you agree or disagree?


Nowadays, we are surrounded by a variety of media like the Internet, newspapers and TV, which are very informative, and in doing so give a detailed description of crime. This causes many problems in society and therefore some people opine that there should be censorship of media. I feel that the media should be very judicious in selecting what to report and how much to report. So, I agree with the statement. In this essay, I intend to support my views with my arguments.

As I see it, the news outlets should pay more attention to the affairs themselves, rather than the details of the crimes. To start with, the details of crimes make a misleading statement to children and adolescents who are curious about the process of committing crimes and are likely to copy criminal actions blindly. Moreover, excessive violence and pornographic content can also raise the adults’ criminal tendencies. In other words, detailed crime news can generate individuals’ potential desire to commit a crime, thus inducing many social problems. So, there should be some control over the media.

Moreover, the detailed report of a crime does not show enough respect for the victims and their families. For example, if any murder or robbery has taken place in someone’s house then if it is shown in detail on TV, the whole privacy of those people is lost. Another very strong argument in favour of censorship of media is that sometimes this detailed description can help criminals also. For instance, when terrorists attacked the Hotel Taj in Mumbai, the media reported details of the commandos’ position on TV. This was also viewed by the terrorists hiding in the hotel. They changed their positions accordingly. Had there been some regulating authority the terrorists could have been caught much earlier.

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However, the opponents claim that we have a right to know every detail and so the media should report every detail. I still feel that it would lead to more problems. I think the media has an obligation to show the right direction to the public. It should report news in a balanced manner rather than highlighting the details of the crime.

To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that although the media must keep us informed, the details of crime should not be shown and for that censorship of the media is a must.

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