Points: What is news? — The coverage of a daily paper — How It serves our serious needs.
In modern life, a newspaper is a must. It gives relish to our early morning cup of tea.
However, all events are not news. When a dog bites a man it is not news, but if a man bites a dog, it becomes news. And very strangely, such unbelievable things do happen. So it is said, truth is stranger than fiction. The newspaper also gives us news of war and rebellion of plane-crash and hijacking; of victory or debacle in a match; of a sensational murder case; and so on. The newspaper brings the world right up to our door. We get a fair idea of the progress of our own country and its relations with the neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. From our, reading of newspapers we realize that India is one and indivisible in spite of all its diversities,
The newspaper is a good market-guide. Even advertisements are informative and pleasant reading. The daily weather forecast is useful to the farmer. The ‘wanted columns’, are in great demand to those who want to apply for jobs. Newspapers are also views papers. The editorials bring to us the vox populi. The ‘Letters to the Editor’ column is especially interesting. All kinds of queries, comments and protests are made therein by the common readers. In short, newspaper is part and parcel of our daily life.
In modern life, a newspaper is a must. It gives relish to our early morning cup of tea.
However, all events are not news. When a dog bites a man it is not news, but if a man bites a dog, it becomes news. And very strangely, such unbelievable things do happen. So it is said, truth is stranger than fiction. The newspaper also gives us news of war and rebellion of plane-crash and hijacking; of victory or debacle in a match; of a sensational murder case; and so on. The newspaper brings the world right up to our door. We get a fair idea of the progress of our own country and its relations with the neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. From our, reading of newspapers we realize that India is one and indivisible in spite of all its diversities,
The newspaper is a good market-guide. Even advertisements are informative and pleasant reading. The daily weather forecast is useful to the farmer. The ‘wanted columns’, are in great demand to those who want to apply for jobs. Newspapers are also views papers. The editorials bring to us the vox populi. The ‘Letters to the Editor’ column is especially interesting. All kinds of queries, comments and protests are made therein by the common readers. In short, newspaper is part and parcel of our daily life.
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