S.6 Literature 1 Test Caltec S.6

CALTEC ACADEMY MAKERERE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH EXAMINATION S. 6 Prose and Poetry holiday work 2020 SECTION I Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. The print media of our times has been called a champion of freedom of expression and the sword -arm of democracy. It is an institution which commands awe and respect of nations as well as individuals, because it is the most powerful investigative machinery that exposes their misdeeds. In a world where politicians are busy looting their countries, where the drug mafia and crime syndicates are generating human misery and anarchy, and where ordinary human beings having no links with power -lords have been reduce d to a state of helplessness, only the print media champions the cause of the have -nots and acts as a balm on their wounds. The print media does much good by highlighting many ills of society such as nepotism, cronyism and corruption in institu tions which should be virginal and puritanical in their make and behaviour and by carrying on a relentless campaign against them. But sometimes it also does much harm when it spoils human relations and international harmony with its biased and propaganda -laden criticism. The press has acquired this potential for mischief, because in some countries it is not free in the true sense of the term. It is controlled by media barons, industrial houses and governments wielding dictatorial powers. All these media l ords use the press to serve their interests which are always at odds with humanitarian considerations and which often fuel fires of hatred, strife and anarchy, instead of cementing bonds of love and brotherhood among people belonging to different nations, classes or creeds. Under the protective arm of these overlords flourish many types of parasitical individuals including writers and would …