Is it the press who informs the public about current events primarily?

Answer 1

Mostly. We get most of our current information from the press, whether it be via television, radio, newspaper, magazines, or the internet

Answer 2

They are suppose to. But they have some restriction in practical procedure. They give weight only for the news that attracts people to read.I wrote article about earthquake and Tsunami in the year 2002 to create awareness to the people . That is after I visited U.S. The heading is save the people before it occurs. But many of the news papers have not shown interest to publish it saying that it will be attractive to the readers only if it is published after any disasters. They did it like that. They have published all my articles after Tsunami attacked our coast in the year 2004. If the articles written by me was published in the year 2002 itself we should have saved several life. Just one sentence in my article that explain about Tsunami reads like this. Stay away from beaches and water fronts where Tsunami may attack long after the shaking is stopped. If the people were aware of my article we should have saved the life of several thousand. The warning issued by me 2 hours before Tsunami struck our coast was ignored by the local T.V..

Answer 3

Not as much as they used to.

Lately, you always have to go to other sources to check the accuracy of press stories. It's pretty sad.