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Mitchell Goulding Ms. Lise Marken Mass Communication and Society 24 July 2007 CNN and the Transformation of Television News While many media outlets exist today that seem to voice their own, individual opinion, it remains hard to argue that the media oligopolies that run so many media outlets have not affected the quality and content that any given station broadcasts. Immediately following the creation of the Cable News Network (CNN) by Ted Turner, the television news industry initiated a rapid reform of its shows and reporting styles. Classic, high-detailed stories gave way to quick, no-fact "developing-stories" due to the 24-hour news cycle initiated by CNN and later perpetuated by Fox and MSNBC.i As CNN and similar news networks grow in popularity and resources, the media world shifts its definition of a good reporting from quality, in-depth coverage to quick, "first to the scene" reports; what constitutes newsworthiness evolves from world politics to body counts and...

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