The ability for everyday people to access news easily and constantly leads back to the creation of CNN in 1980 by Ted Turner. This new concept of 'all news, all the time' placed a new power into the hands of average citizens, no matter what country the television viewing was done. CNN provides reliable news with constant updates, thanks to its nearly 4,000 news professionals stationed around the world.
Because the breaking news on CNN airs nearly live or completely live, corporations do not have time to approve of or influence angles of stories. This factor puts CNN far ahead of regular news broadcasts done by major network stations. The immediate response and coverage of breaking news may then be better broadcast to the audiences around the globe. All the facts are covered and biases remain at arms length.
Since the success of CNN in the later 80's, one by one, other companies have created and succeeded with 24 hour news channels. CNN was undoubtedly the influence for Fox News, MSNBC, and other, lesser known or more specialized news channels.
All day news broadcasting started out as cable television channels but has evolved into entire companies that have a sole purpose or finding and reporting everything of relevance to the audience. These companies are large in revenues and personnel, and have a large influence over the what the average news-gathering human knows about current events.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
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