We get used to particular newspapers and magazines and often, after
a while, come to take their typical content for granted. Some degree
of familiarity with a particular paper or magazine is often necessary, if
what it has to offer is to come through to us easily. But of course there
5 is a danger, as we get used to the particular way of looking at the world
which our favourite paper or magazine shows, that we shall forget that
it is, after all, only one of many possible ways. If we are to be alert and
independent, as in a democracy we ought to be, we have to look critically
at the content and methods we are used to as well as those which we
have decided are not our kind.
