News

communication of selected information on current events
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News is when people talk about current events (things that are happening right now). News Media is a portrayal of current affairs, perspectives and social influence. The news can be given in different media[1] like: newspapers, television, magazines, or radio. News reports a lot topics include war, government, politics, education, health, environment, economy, business, fashion, sport, and entertainment as well as weird events.

"Newest news" (Luise Max-Ehrler)

There are several news channels on cable television that give news all day long, such as Fox News and CNN. There are several news magazines, such as Time, The Economist, and Newsweek. A newsman is a person who helps out with the news.

  1. Boyd-Barrett & Rantanen, The Globalization of News (1998), p. 6. "News agency news is considered 'wholesale' resource material, something that has to be worked upon, smelted, reconfigured, for conversion into a news report that is suitable for consumption by ordinary readers. It has also suited the news agencies to be thus presented: they have needed to seem credible to extensive networks of 'retail' clients of many different political and cultural shades and hues. They have wanted to avoid controversy, to maintain an image of plain, almost dull, but completely dependable professionalism."