Subjective Q & A

1. What do free 'people' take for granted?

Ans- Free people take it for granted that without a free press there can be no freedom.

2. Are there restrictions on Press in time of war?

Ans- Yes, there are restrictions on Press during the time of war.

3. What do you mean by the term "free press"?

Ans- By the term "free press" it means that the press is free from direction and censorship by the government.

4. Who is the master-the state or the people?

Ans- The People are Master and the State is the servant of People.

5. What does the unofficial censorship seek to do?

Ans- The unofficial censorship does not so much seek to express public opinion as to manufacture it.

6. Name two sources of revenue newspaper usually survive on?

Ans- The two chief sources of revenue of a newspaper are—

• Advertisers

• The wealth of the company or the man that own the newspaper.

7. What are the two basic assumptions about the public?

Ans- The two basic assumption about the public are—

• That they have not the Intelligence to distinguish truth from falsehood

• That they don't care at all that a statement is false provided it is titillating.

8. What is supposition of context ?

Ans- Supposition of Context is that readers can be made to believe anything.

9. Name two thing that make the reports unreliable reading?

Ans- The two thing that make the reports unreliable reading are—

• Inaccurate reporting of facts, and

• Perversions make the reports unreliable.

10. Why do books rarely Criticize the Press?

Ans- A book rarely dares to criticize the press because the press can either ignore the book all together or publish sneering comments in its gossip column about it.

11. How do the newspapers greet the slightest effort to hinder the irresponsible dissemination of nonsense?

Ans- The Slightest effort to hinder the irresponsible dissemination of nonsense is greeted by a concerted how: This is a threat to the freedom of the press.

12. Name the seven charges the author makes against the Press?

Ans- The seven charges the author makes against the press—

• False Emphasis

• Garbling

• Inaccuracy

• Reversal of facts

• Random Invention

• Miracle Mongering

• Flat Suppression