【答案解析】 It seems that with the tablet personal computer and smart phone available to almost everyone, people turn to be more enthusiastic about the everyday news, whether local news or international news, hard news or soft news. Wherever the WiFi or 3 G network is available, there are always numerous people holding a phone or a tablet, screening the news from pages to pages. Do they really read through all these news? Do they need to be brimmed with so much news? I"m afraid not necessarily. The obsession with the news is just a waste of time; what"s worse, it may direct our attention from something really urgent and important to that trivial news.
Although I have to admit that news is an indispensable channel for us to learn the outside world and gather the important information we may need, the indulgence in news is still a waste of time. The most obvious reason for this is that for most of us, we don"t need the majority even all of the news that is broadcasted by various media, which means that when we are immersed in these countless and endless news we may actually do something that is of no use. Another reason is that many people tend to screen the news one after another because they feel lonely and empty, if they can spend this time on some other things like, reading a book, running for a while, or even making a call to their family and friends, they may have a different fresh feeling.
Apart from the time it wastes, it also leads to the deviation of our attention which may turn out a very dangerous thing sometimes. Imagine a driver whose mind should have been fully focused on the road, now because of the radio news in the car, he seems to be less and less careful. What a terrible thing if he couldn"t get himself back from the news on time. Another example may be that a high school student is obsessed with the news so that he spends most of his time on it which only leads to a consequence—the neglect of his studies. Shall the news be blamed for the student"s behavior? Definitely yes, every person in this world, except the babies and those who can"t conduct anything by themselves, has his or her mission and duty everyday. In order to get the duties and missions accomplished on time, we need our mind focused and undisturbed by the excessive news.
Other problems with the indulgence in news may be the decline of physical health, the loss of vision, and so on. With all these factors considered, we have to say that the obsession with news is really a bad habit which should be get rid of by every means.