Nowadays, news companies spend a lot of money covering international news. However, local news is more relevant to people’s lives and should receive more funding. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Task Response

Band 7.0

Coherence and Cohesion

Band 7.0

Lexical Resource

Band 6.5

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Band 6.0

Today, media houses use most of their funds to cover international news. Although most people believe that local news is more relevant and should receive more funds I strongly disagree with this view.