Newspapers are both useful and harmful

Outline (Only main points)

1.     Introduction

2.     Uses of newspapers

3.     Abuses of newspapers

4.     Conclusion

                                                  

The newspaper is the most powerful of all the organs for the expression of the news and views about men and things. Newspapers are regarded by economists as a necessity of modern life. With the growth of literacy and the development of the means of communication they are playing a very important part in society. They have their uses and abuses.

The uses of the newspapers are numerous. First, the newspapers keep us in touch with the current world affairs. Without them we cannot know the important news of even our own towns or villages. They extend the bounds of our knowledge and make us feel that we are a part of the living world. The leading newspapers are in touch with different parts of the world through certain Press Agencies. They supply them news from every part of the world.

Secondly, a great deal of information is supplied to us by the newspapers. Important decisions of law-courts are published for the benefit of lawyers. The sportsman finds in them the news of his own liking. Commercial news are published for businessmen. Lovers of radio, cinema, and television can look up in them the daily programs of these entertainments. The advertisements help the people to buy things. The unemployed can look up the “wanted” columns for vacant jobs.

Thirdly, newspapers ventilate the grievances of the public and form the public opinion. Thus they keep the public and the government in close contact. The current problems of political and social values are the subject matters of the leading articles in newspapers. People get aware of the policies and schemes of the government through this agency.

Lastly, newspapers have their educative value also. Readers of a good newspaper are more intelligent, active, and better informed than scholars. Newspapers help us in disseminating good ideas. In newspapers we find reviews on newly published books. We read accounts of discoveries and scientific research. There are useful articles on every topic.

Newspapers can do a lot of harm also. They are double edged weapons and cut both ways. By publishing false news, they can mislead the people. They can make the people nervous and excited by publishing sensational news about war. They can set one community against another. By publishing the true accounts of communal riots, they can do irreparable harm. Sometimes newspapers accept bribes from mischievous people and become mere tools in their hands. By printing obscene advertisements and naked portraits, and love stories, they can be a danger to the morals of the people. Their inflammatory articles widen the gulf between the various nations of the world.

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