5. How do the newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, etc. help the historians in getting the otherside of the picture as offered by official documents and police records?
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Answer:
Usually- the newspaper reports are not biased. These reports explain the fact as it was. ... These represent the true story of the event with every detail. On the other hand, the official reports are usually biased.
Explanation:
Information is essential for writing history of a time which can be gathered from various sources. Apart from official documents in the archives, historians gather information also from old newspapers, diaries of people, accounts of pilgrims, autobiographies of important personalities and booklets etc. Information found in newspapers is varied, based on incidents that have happened across the country whereas; the police reports are limited and localized. Because of this fact sometimes the information historians get from police reports is not as useful as it is from old newspapers. However for any incidence the newspaper may not quote all the reasons behind this and biased as per the thinking of reporter while in police records we could find some evidences for an incident and unbiased reports.