Russia and ukraine: three year war
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The question I will respond to is, what’s the best way to report about the russia-ukraine war: by sharing personal opinions or facts and statistics? In my opinion, personal stories are more in depth than facts and statistics. Statistics and facts are in less detail than personal stories, because the stories are from people that were actually in the war.
My reasoning for thinking personal opinions are better than facts and statistics are, because facts and statistics are from third party points of view. An example of a real life story is Alla. She is a 84 year old ukrainian that found herself in a retirement home when the roof was struck with several rockets. This example is more in depth than facts and statistics which is from a “viewer” point of view.
My next reason is, if we were to use facts and statistics to share the news, then we would not have the emotions and feelings involved in people’s opinions on the russia-ukraine war. For example, three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukraine in 2022, Russia only occupies roughly 20% of the country. This statistic does not go into what is actually happening in Russia and ukraine. What regions were occupied, and how they only captrued 20%.
My last reason is real-life stories help visualize what is going on in Ukraine and russia. For example, Natasha and her son could very traumatizingly recall several booms striking a local airport closeby. Stories like this one give visual understandings of the devastating things going on in the russia-ukraine war.
Nevertheless, somebody that may disagree with me would be Donald Trump. I say this, because Donald Trump's way of guiding the country is by sharing his opinion when he has not experienced any of these situations, and giving facts and statistics that may not be true to back it up. For example, he put tariffs on countries that are providing goods and services for us. With facts for his reasoning, if he were to use other people's thoughts he could have figured out that the American people can’t afford more taxes.
To conclude, to answer the question, what's the best way to report about the russia-ukraine war: by sharing personal opinions or facts and statistics? I think that personal opinions are better at sharing news stories than facts and statistics.
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I do agree with you just like writing you h9959nave to show emotions, that's why many writers refer to experience. I also agree telling life stories helps create a mental image where people can actually imagine these peoples situations
The Russia-Ukraine war is huge and scary, and I think sharing personal stories is WAY better than just giving facts and statistics. Why? Well, facts can feel like a boring list of numbers. They don’t tell us about the real pain and fear people are feeling. For example, Alla, the 84-year-old woman in a retirement home, had rockets hit the roof. That’s not just a number. That’s someone’s life being torn apart.
When we only talk about facts like “Russia controls 20% of Ukraine,” we miss out on the emotions. We don’t hear about families being torn apart or people losing everything. Facts are dry, but personal stories let us feel the pain. It’s like reading a book where you can see the characters and feel their emotions, instead of just reading numbers on a page.
Real-life stories let us visualize the war. Natasha and her son recall explosions near an airport, and it makes us feel like we're there with them, experiencing the fear. It’s like a movie that pulls you in and makes you care about the people in it.
When I think of people like Donald Trump, who talks about facts and opinions without experiencing the war, it just doesn't feel real. His stats don’t show the full picture, and it makes you wonder if he truly understands the pain people are going through.
So, to me, stories from real people are way better than just numbers. They help us understand the human side of the war. What do you think? Do you agree that stories help more than facts?