In this day and age, crimes and other violence have increased. There is a statement that reporting crimes and other types of violent news on the media can have adverse consequences. Thus, this kind of information should be restricted from being shown to the public. This essay will discuss this idea and will draw my personal conclusion.
To begin with, reporting of crimes that happened around the world can affect multiple people in many ways, such as mentally and physically. For example, watching news on television with your family may lead to your child watching it as well, and according to many researchers, this well affects the child mentally and might end up with a killer or bad personality. So, that’s why some people think that this kind of information should be restricted from being shown in the media.
On the other hand, some news, especially the news that holds the truth and might help some people, such as a serial killer around your town or an influencer in your country doing other crimes. For instance, Ted Bundy was a serial killer and killed two or three persons a day. Thus, reporting of such a crime and showing it to the public helps other individuals around the city or the country. This proves clearly that not all reporting should be restricted because it might help other people in other ways.
In conclusion, after careful analysis of this statement, I believe that a combination of both will reduce the disadvantage and increase the advantage of reporting crimes. Therefore, it will lead to a lot of help from civilians and governments around the world.