As the newspaper gets dropped within our gate all those in the family try to have a glance at it as per their interest. If one is interested in what is happening on the political front, the other is interested to have a look at the share-rates while the younger folk might like to know the latest regarding the details of the cricket match.
A newspaper thus has its immediate need for practically everyone in the family.
Newspapers have a large part to play in providing us with the latest on the national and the international front. During the period of a war newspaper gives an hour to hour report of the war front.
How great had been the keenness even of the common man to know details of the Kargil war with Pakistan — the heroic deeds of our martyrs — our officers and soldiers.
Newspapers do not only inform us; they even instruct us and help us, influence us to form our opinion on important issues.
The leading articles appearing in the newspapers or their editorials created an awareness regarding the CTBT or about the Pokhran nuclear test, the environmental pollution. We hear about these Otters but newspapers through articles by the specialists on the subject educated us, and enlighten us.
It is not that newspapers have only a passing importance — they are used as a very potent means of propagating a policy or a programme and this is the reason why political parties bring out their own newspapers with a total emphasis on the concept of their political views.
Though of course, this is not a very correct approach in journalism but that is what is, newspapers really need to give unbiased views to enable the widely reading public to form their own opinion and their own views on men and matters.
Newspapers are a mirror of public opinion too. Through their columns, the public can present their views on subjects of