The importance of reading newspaper.

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Newspaper carries world news to us. The importance of reading newspaper has no bound. People become intelligent about the current incidents of the world by reading online newspaper. Newspaper helps a country to communicate. Newspaper changes the outlook of a person in every sector. Newspaper is a storehouse of knowledge. General Knowledge is one of the important parts of education. Reading newspaper is a good way of acquiring knowledge. Reading newspaper helps the students to know various things. The reading of online newspaper is helpful for the students to improve their language fluency and knowledge of the world. Reading newspaper is a good way to get clear idea of the current events of the world. Improvement of business and trades occurs because of reading daily newspapers. Without reading newspapers, a man is like a frog in a hole. Only general knowledge is not essential for a man. He also needs other extra knowledge to lead his life. Without reading newspaper, it is not possible to gain that essential knowledge.

As the name suggests newspapers are a source of news and information. In several respects they are also a medium of communication among the peoples of the world.

Today there are hundreds of newspapers all over the world. Everywhere there is a keen desire to learn more and more about the affairs of the world. This is partly the result of the spread of education which sharpens one’s curiosity to learn about distant lands.

As a source of news, the newspaper is almost indispensable to those whose thirst for knowledge is insatiable. They contain news on events in distant corners of the earth. Information about such events arrives almost immediately. As a result, people everywhere are informed about the most important event in the world very quickly and almost at the same time. For example, if a war breaks out in one part of the world today, the people in the other parts will certainly come to know about it tomorrow. As a result, all the countries of the world are able to do something quickly to help those who have suffered because of the war or to persuade the countries at war to cease fighting.

Newspaper also play an important part in keeping the people of the world informed about the troubles that might arise in the future, if nothing is done to prevent them from happening. For example, if a dispute arises between the two countries for any reason, the newspapers can keep the people of the world informed about what might happen if nothing is done to persuade the two countries to resolve their differences peacefully.
In this way many wars have been avoided because of the intervention of some countries in the disputes of many countries which were given prominence in newspapers.

When all this is considered, we feel that there is some silent communication among countries through the medium of newspapers for the common benefit of the countries of the world.

Further, constant reading of newspapers improves one’s outlook on life and makes one a more reasonable person. The importance of the newspaper is therefore obvious.

Newspaper is called the store-house of knowledge. The importance of reading newspaper cannot be described in words. Every civilized community has newspaper. It keeps people aware of the current information of the world. It brings the whole world to our door. It is a very useful mass medium. It can influence a person’s thought more effectively than any other media.  

A newspaper contains news, views, opinions, advertisements, notices and information of all kinds. Commodity prices, share market, reports, sports news, news about films, fashions  and entertainments are some its regular features. Newspapers have also columns for children and women and for the students’ preparation for examination. Thus readers get those news by reading newspaper.

By reading newspaper, we get all kinds of information from home and abroad. We can get news about the latest political movements and changes in the government. We can also know about the international politics and affairs going through the international page. Those who are the regular readers of the international page are very much aware of the geographical and political affairs of the world. A student can also be benefited from a newspaper. There are pages on education from which students can learn many things.

By going through the editorial column, we can know about the analytic explanation of a thing or a matter. From the business page, we can learn about the economy of our country, business affairs of the country and many other statistical things. Sports page is a popular one to the sports loving readers. This page provides them with the latest news of sports and games. Religion and religious analysis are also found in a newspaper.

Newspaper reading can widen the mental horizon of an individual. It develops our ideas, broadens our outlook, enriches our thought, removes our narrowness, and purifies our philosophy. So, we should cultivate the habit of reading newspaper to broaden our knowledge. A man who develops the habit of reading newspaper becomes an enlightened person. 

  The main conveyor of news is newspaper. Though there are many other sources of news like magazines and books in print media, radio and television channels and Internet connections in electronic media, words of mouth and telephone and wireless communications etc, no other source ever could come near the newspaper in importance. It is true of the past and the present and it is true of the future also. Neither the advent of the television nor that of the Internet could affect the importance of the newspaper. The reason for this is the width, breadth and the depth of the news provided by the newspaper, its low cost and the ease of providing the news at our leisure and comfort as many times as we desire.

Newspapers are very important in many ways. They give us lots of information about various matters at various levels that are not available anywhere. Though magazines and books also give lots of information, the scope of the news there is limited to a few selected topics. Televisions and internet connections while provide news faster than the newspapers, it cannot have the width, breadth and depth of the newspapers and do not provide the comfort of the repeated references at our leisure and comfort apart from harming our eyes because of the glare and being the source of health hazards because of radiations.

People of all profession need newspapers. Engineers, doctors, scientists, professors and other professionals need them to know the day-to-day developments in their respective fields. Businessmen need newspapers to keep in touch with the economic and commercial trends in the country and see current share prices. Politicians need them to read recent political events in the country. Others read newspapers to know how changes around them affect their life. Students read newspapers to broaden their knowledge and keep abreast of the recent developments in various fields, be it in politics, economics, science, sports or art and culture. Newspaper is an important tool of the learning process for students.

Advertisements in newspapers are also very informative and give lots of information about the world around us and recent trends apart from being very entertaining. The editorials and the articles in the editorial page of the newspapers are always very analytical and give insight to the news and their background. Reading newspapers is incomplete sans a glance to the editorials and the articles.

Reading newspapers everyday is must for both students and adults for growth and enlightenment irrespective of the class or field of their life. For, reading newspaper everyday is highly educational, and an important informal education in that. One can ignore this important function of the life at own peril.

Nowadays, when all are more or less educated, almost everybody reads some daily paper or other. A man who never reads a newspaper cannot keep in touch with the times. We have to know something of what is going on in the world, not only for our own satisfaction but also to be able to converse intelligently with our fellows.

And there are, in every country, plenty of newspapers of all kinds to satisfy the most omnivorous reader. In fact, the danger is, not that people should not read the newspapers, but lest they should spend more time in newspaper reading than it is worth.

As its name implies, the primary business of a newspa­per is to give us news. That is what we look for first in our morning paper. What is the news of that day? What has been happening at home? What has been happening in other countries? In the paper we find the latest news of political doings and movements; or, if we are interested in sport, the results of cricket, football, hockey and tennis matches; and of the popular horse races, motor races, cycle races, and so on.

Some have a taste for police news, and read the accounts of crimes, the capture of criminals and law-court trials. In these days, too, we turn eagerly to the news about foreign powers and the present international situation, and debate on the urgent questions of peace and war. Film fans read the news about their favorite film stars, and the latest pictures to be produced. People with different tastes look for different kinds of news in their newspapers.

But a good newspaper gives us much more than mere news. We read it on political, social and other matters. And here we must be careful. Reading the news is one thing; but reading a paper's comments on the news, and its opinions on political and social questions, is another. We must not accept all it says as gospel, but must sift it for ourselves.

The great majority of newspaper readers are uncritical. Only a few think for themselves, and form their own opinions. This is a great mistake. We must learn to think and criticize, and refuse to take our opinions ready made from our favorite newspaper. As Bacon says: "Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider."