How Does the Increasing Focus of Media Conglomerates on Making

question 10

Multiple Choice

How does the increasing focus of media conglomerates on making a profit affect television news?

• A)The quality of news reporting has increased considerably in an attempt to sway more viewers and more advertisers.
• B)A study of a set of major newspapers found that the total number of foreign news stories in U.S.newspapers doubled between 1985 and 2014.-
• C)Media organizations have cut back on their foreign bureaus and on international news.
• D)Television news is increasingly viewed as a public service that benefits the media conglomerate by generating goodwill with viewers.

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