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Language
English
Description
The wild inside story of the birth of CNN and dawn of the age of 24-hour news. How did we get from an age of dignified nightly news broadcasts on three national networks to the age of 24-hour channels and constantly breaking news? The answer-thanks to Ted Turner and an oddball cast of cable television visionaries, big league rejects, and nonunion newbies-can be found in the basement of an abandoned country club in Atlanta. Because it was there, in...
7) TV reporters
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
Introduces the dress, tools, education, and work of television reporters and their importance to the community.
Author
Series
Communications monograph volume 7
Publisher
Mouton de Gruyter
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"From its almost accidental birth in 1968, 60 Minutes has set the standard for broadcast journalism, joining us in our living rooms each Sunday night to surprise us about the world. The show has profiled every major leader, artist, and movement of the past five decades, perfecting the newsmaking interview and inventing the groundbreaking TV exposé. From legendary sit-downs with Richard Nixon in 1968 (in which he promised "to restore respect to the...
Author
Series
Communications and media studies volume no. 11
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Publisher
Disinformation Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the reported conservative bias of Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced." Material includes interviews with former FNC employees and the inter-office memos they provided.
19) Network
Language
English
Formats
Description
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings".