News has been defined differently by different experts. Some of the definitions are given below:
- News is anything out of the ordinary
- News is the unusual picture of life.
- News is anything that people talk about; the more it excites the greater its value. ,
- News comprises all current activities which are of general human interest and the best news is that which interests most of the reader.
- Anything that enough people want to read is news provided it does not violate the canons of good taste and the law of libel.
- News is like a hot cake coming straight from oven.
- News is the report of an event that is fresh, unusual and which is interesting to a greater number of people.
- According to Charles Anderson Dana 'When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.' (American journalist, 1819-1897)
- According to Philip L. Graham, News is a first rough draft of history. [American publisher, 1915-1963]
- Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events.
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