NEWS AGENCIES
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows:
Have you ever wondered how it comes about that in the newspapers or on the radio we hear so quickly about events that have occurred in distant parts? By wireless it is possible to send a message around the world in a fraction of a second, so why should we not be told by the newsreader what has happened only an hour ago, say, in Moscow? It is not so simple as it sounds. How is the news sent to the newspaper offices all over the country and to the B.B.C., so that it can be served ‘hot’ (as the newspaper man say) at our breakfast tables and from our loud-speakers? Unless it was the business of certain people to distribute news while still ‘hot’, it would take much longer to get to us. If you look at a newspaper you will see that most of the items of news indicate where they come from. At the head of some of them is printed: ‘From our own correspondent’. This means that the newspaper has a man or woman belonging to its staff ‘covering’ certain happenings, and sending in ‘exclusive’ reports to the newspaper office, Messages ‘from our own correspondent’ are usually concerned with important happenings which were foreseen so that correspondence could be sent to cover them.O r they are from some important city, where the newspapers consider it worthwhile to employ a reporter or correspondent permanently. At the end of other news, ‘stories’ there may be printed ‘Associated Press’, or, most commonly, the world ‘Rueter’. These are news agencies. News agencies are firms whose business is to collect news and sell it to newspapers and radio systems all over the world. Even the greatest newspapers and broadcasting systems cannot afford to have correspondents everywhere, so it is obvious that the news agencies are very useful to them.
On the bases of the reading of the above passage answer the following questions briefly:
(i) Name the two sources from where we get instant information.
(ii) Explain the term’ news served hot’.
(iii) What is the function of the news agencies?
(iv) What does the term ‘our own correspondent’ mean?
(v) What are such messages concerned with?
Find the words from the passage which mean similar as the following words indicated:
(i)hand out or share out (para-2)
(ii)related( para-3)
(iii) to gather (para-4)
Download the above Passage in PDF (Printable)
More Comprehension Passages:-
Passage -51. Sustainable Development (250 Words Subjective/Objective Unsolved)
This sustainable development article can be used as sustainable development essay pdf. It discusses sustainable development aims and objectives and tells about sustainable development challenges. Read this sustainable development definition and examples and reach sustainable development goals by understanding sustainable development meaning.
Passage – 52. Panchayati Raj (250 Words Subjective/Objective Unsolved)
This passage is all about Panchayati raj system. Read this to understand Panchayati raj.
Passage – 53. ‘Gamesters’ (250 Words Subjective Solved)
Passage – 54. Bottom of Sea (250 Words Subjective Solved)
Passage -55 Rupee (300 Words Subjective Solved)
Passage 56- Bookworms (300 Words Subjective Solved)
Passage 57-Worry The Silent Killer (300 Words Subjective Solved)
Passage 58- Alian’s Story (300 Words Subjective Solved)
Passage 59- India Today (250 Words Subjective Solved)
Passage 60-Effective Speaking (300 Words Subjective Solved)
This passage is all about Effective Speaking. Do you need an effective speaking course or effective speaking class? Go through the passage and decide.
