Daily, the TV news network and the print media splash headlines of various occurrences in our country and abroad. Some of it is routine, others sensational and epoch-making. The public grab at the information as dogs leap towards a bone. And, the issues become topics of conversation. What would we do without the aid of the worthy Press.
They may be calumnized and scoffed at, but they remain the torch-bearers of public opinion.
Watergate is a noteworthy case. If it weren't for the enterprise and daring of a couple of journalists Bob Woodward and Edward Bernstein the world would have been in the dark about the scandal in the White House.
Many a good story has been cracked open by journalists. A 'scoop' is what prods a journalist to be lead by his nose scenting scope for a good story. And, ultimately a good story is what the journalist is looking for. Because that's his job. To purvey news.
Our country, being a third world country and underdeveloped, news of rampant poverty, corruption, floods, landslides, accidents in road,rail and air are all too common. It is often pointed out that the press concentrates on the well-to-do sections of our society. This is not a travesty of the truth. And, for that the system has to be blamed.
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