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Some people think that newspapers are the best media to learn and get information from, while others believe that the Internet is a better source. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. The flow of information spread by media has been higher than ever, and people are exposed to various sources of the news. While many still view newspapers as the best forms of media to become informed, others are of the opinion that the Internet can now be considered to be the primary source of the news. On the one hand, the internet has revolutionized the world of journalism and the way the news spread. First, using the internet, everyone is now able to inform the public via different mobile applications and computer programs. In fact, it is, these days, the a matter of pushing a button to share our stories and thoughts with the world. So instantaneous and convenient has now the communication become that almost everyone is able to function as a journalist in a community and cover the news that others need to know. This, indeed, is the end of the newspapers’ monopoly of presenting the news. Secondly, the fact that it is the public and ordinary people that now can tell the news gives the internet a distinct advantage over the newspapers as perhaps it is easier to consider the piece of the news less biased. Being financially supported, politically directed, or even deliberately founded by a certain party or group of society, newspapers are believed to be more subjective and cover the news discriminately. On the other hand, there is no guarantee that the news on the internet is true. There has been a great deal of discussion on the matter of ‘fake news’ which has become extremely prevalent. The nature of the internet makes one to present the incidents and events as it pleases one. In fact, the internet is so extremely saturated with unreliable rumors, allegations and accusations which fail to provide any impeccable source and serves only as tools to tarnish someone’s reputation or remove the remove the stain on someone’s name. It is no surprise that presidential candidates’ strongest arsenal is perhaps social media to gain peoples’ people’s votes. This has been clearly illustrated in the last American presidential election. To conclude, although many may maintain that the internet has surpassed newspapers as the main source of news through its convenience and objectivity, it seems to me that a sheet of newspaper is worth millions of undependable internet pages replete with fake news.