In Its Study of 240 Hours of Cable News Programming

question 18

Multiple Choice

In its study of 240 hours of cable news programming in 2003,the Columbia University Project for Excellence in Journalism found that

• A)only 11 percent of the time was taken up with written and edited stories.
• B)the role of the reporter was primarily to talk extemporaneously.
• C)stories were reported frequently,usually without any important new information.
• D)coverage of the news was spotty,ignoring many important topics.
• E)All of these were found in the study.

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Sample Size

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