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/^t/The hand-written information for masses which can be treated as early counterparts of today's press appeared quite a long time ago and from the very beginning news was marked by the conveyor's perception of the event. Nothing has been changed up to now due to the simple fact that man is not capable of achieving total objectivity in imparting information. Thus, there is no point in accusing the press of being subjective as it cannot be altered but the most threatening while considering the reliability of newspaper is the exaggeration in news presentation or bending the facts to serve given purposes. Extra-explanation, strange commentaries are on-going process so needless to say we are constantly bombarded with a mass of suitably transformed information. Following this phenomenon our genuine perception of reality, in-born abilities of individual interpretation of the events, our concern about "fidelity to life" or chance of understanding the world's matters with "unspoilt" eyes are highly limited or even more. The ready-made reasoning, dishonest opinions concerning people are presented to us and remain within the reach of the "lazy-minds" who wouldn't spend a while on sensible thinking but absorb everything that comes. To put it simply, we are told what we are supposed to think.