Newspapers are important sources of information about current and on-going world
issues. However, they are not necessarily good or reliable providers of information. A
reliable newspaper must have some useful and necessary characteristics. I found seven
characteristics that are useful in a reliable newspaper source.
News coverage is important in every newspaper. Newspaper should have many
different kind of local news and world news for different kind of people, because people
want to know what's going on around the world. All the-information in the newspaper
should be up to date enough for the topic chosen. If the information is out of date, it will
become history and no one likes to watch a news that is out of date. Completeness of
information is important. The articles in newspaper should provide enough background
information for people to understand. Additional sources and informations are requied to
fill in gaps in readers' knowledge. Without the background in formation, readers will lose
their interest and will not continue to read the article. Reasonable grammar and spelling
are necessary in reliable newspaper. Wrong spelling and bad grammar may change the
meaning of the article and make it very hard to understand. Also students who read
newspaper may learn the bad grammar and spelling which affect their writing skill.
The newspaper article should cover the topic. Most of the people pick article to
read base on the topic. If the article does not cover the topic, the article will become
unreliable. The information should be reliable, so that you know the article is not an
opinion or point of view from the author. You can check the author's credentials in order to
find the information reliable or not. The last characteristic is reputation. A reliable
newspaper must have a good reputation. A good reputation depends on the
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