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Show HOW TO READ THE NEWS Perhaps the title "How to read the News" has you a Utile puzzled puzzl-ed and you probably ask, "Well, how should I read news"? That is exac;!;" what we are about to toll on. Just exacily what do you re-i.iemher re-i.iemher after you have road an .".Hole? Xow, for example, hav-i hav-i just finished reading an ar-' ar-' tide on a car accident, and there ; is a possibility that you might re- member the place where it hap-j hap-j pened, but do you remember the names of the people and in what , they were, riding? r wonder how-many how-many of you would pass a "sur- prise" test on a newspaper article the minute after you had read it. News is to be read exactly as you would read history or any other subject, with your mind on what you are reading and not wandering off into space. In reading editorials you should be undecided before you star reading them, that is. you must no, be prejudiced against them. Jus because the one who wrote the -di torials has a different opinion thai yours is no reason that you shoub be set against his article. If yoi start reading an article with you: mind completely against it, yoi are'.not abe to judge it fairly. Yoi should be able to weigh the fact: carefully and get the author's opin ion. Read the articles with a: open mind and watch out for th, propaganda, wich is found iu neai ly all of the news today. |