The influence of the news media The news media, such as newspapers, news magazines, television reports, and news media networks, form a necessary part of our life. From my perspective, I think the popularity of news media have both positive and negative effects. First of all, it is no doubt that news media can spread out important social events to citizens. It can play a significant role in transferring information and knowledge to the public. For example, people can learn the common sense of how to distinguish financial fraud from existing criminal cases. At the same time, people are curious about what happened in the surrounding. By acquiring different news, people can make better-informed decisions and improve their competitive advantages. For instance, people can choose their idea company by the prediction of the future of a corporation according to its recent behavior. However, on the other hand, the news might be controlled easily by some power person or consortium. Under the tempt and pressure, some media might choose to reported biased information and produce fake news. In this situation, citizens are very likely to be influenced by these biased views. And some false news can seriously affect the reputation of celebrities since most of us will be attracted to exaggerate fact. To conclude, the news report can be beneficial to the public by the functions of spread knowledge and satisfy curiosity. Meanwhile, we should be careful of some false reports, and these press should be punished by the law. News media should undertake their social responsibilities because they are so influential to our lives.