Mainstream Media in The West

Mainstream Media in The West Group Members: Jessie Diana Crystal Nie

Outline • 1.The top four news agencies in the world • 2.The top three networks in America • 3.Media that we are familiar with

Top four news agencies • 1.美联社 AP（associated press） • 2.路透社（reuters） • 3.法新社 AFP（Agency France-Press） • 4.合众国际社 UPI（United Press International）

Reuters is short for the Reuters Group plc, a world-renowned news service and financial market intermediary. Headquartered in London, England, Reuters was founded in the mid 1800’s by Paul Julius Reuter, who had discovered the power of the electric telegraph. Reuters supplies the global financial markets and news media with timely and relevant market data, research and analytical services, trading platforms, investment information and news. On 15 May 2007, Canada's The Thomson Corporation reached an agreement with Reuters to combine the two companies, Thomson now controls about 53% of the new company, named Thomson Reuters. Website: www.reuters.com

Thomson ReutersBuilding at Times Square, Midtown Manhattan

The front view of the Reuters Times Square, New York building.

Top three in America • 1.全国广播公司(NBC)National Broadcasting Company,Inc • 2.美国广播公司(ABC)American Broadcasting Company • 3.哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)Columbia Broad-casting System

American Broadcasting Company(ABC) • Type :Broadcast radio network and television network • Country :United States • Availability: National • Founded by: (as independent company) Edward Noble • Slogan：“Start Here” • Owner: The Walt Disney Company • Launch date: October 12, 1943 (radio network) • April 19, 1948 (television network) • Website:http://abc.go.com

What we have already known BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) VOA (Voice of America) CNN (Cable News Network )

BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation) Type: Broadcast radio, television and online Country :United Kingdom Availability: United Kingdom Worldwide Founded by: John Reith Motto: "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation" Former names: British Broadcasting Company Ltd. (1922–1927)

Voice of America (VOA) is the official external radio and television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. • VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio, TV and the Internet around the world in forty-six languages, promoting a positive view of the United States.

CNN, is a major U.S. cable news network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. CNN primarily broadcasts from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the Time WarnerCenter in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. • Website: http://edition.cnn.com/

CNN Center newsroom1

CNN Center in Atlanta

The major Programmes • 1.Student News • 2.CNN Newsroom • 3.American Morning

CNN Student News Its current anchor is Carl Azuz, and is aired every weekday,and specialized only for students in America. We can download the latest show on http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/. It include transcript as well.

Major Event September 11 CNN breaking the news about the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks. CNN was the first network to break the news of the Sep. 11 attacks, Anchor Carol Lin was on the air to deliver the first public report of the event.

She broke into a commercial at 8:49 a.m. ET and said: “ This just in. You are looking at obviously a very disturbing live shot there. That is the World Trade Center, and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. CNN Center right now is just beginning to work on this story, obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened, but clearly something relatively devastating（毁灭性） happening this morning there on the south end of the island of Manhattan. That is once again, a picture of one of the towers of the World Trade Center. ”

Controversy 1.A Chinese website, anti-cnn.com,has accused CNN and western media in general of biased reporting against China, with the catch-phrase “Don‘t be so CNN” catching on in the Chinese mainstream as jokingly meaning “Don’t be so biased（偏袒）”. Pictures used by CNN are allegedly (据称)edited to have completely different meanings from the original ones. In addition, the network was accused of largely ignoring pro-China voices during the Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco.

2.On April 24, 2008 beautician Liang Shubing and teacher Li Lilan sued commentator Jack Cafferty and CNN $1.3 billion damages ($1 per person in China), in New York, for “violating the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people”. This was in response to an incident during CNN‘s “The Situation Room” on April 9, where Cafferty stated his opinion that “[the USA] continue to import their junk with the lead paint(铅涂料) on them and the poisoned pet food” despite his view that “[the Chinese leaders were] basically the same bunch of goons(傻瓜，呆子) and thugs (暴徒)they've been for the last 50 years". Further, amid China's Foreign Ministry demand for an apology, 14 lawyers filed a similar suit in Beijing.

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Mainstream Media in The West