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    The Power and Style of News Agencies

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    This 7 page paper provides an overview of existing news agencies and considers the style and power of news agencies in regards to the global media and major news stories. This paper integrates a view of the World Trade Center and the assertion that certain agencies have a greater degree of power and more stylistic control. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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    magazines, incorporate different stylistic elements and assert a greater level of control in the dispersal of news than print news stories. At the same time, some theorists have argued  that when something is put in writing, when it is printed and dispersed, it gains a greater level of credibility. As a result, news agencies, including Reuters and the  Associated Press, have also defined their own niche related both to style and power. In understanding this perspective, it is beneficial to assess the difference between broadcast news and  print news and the agencies that are prevalent in each sector in order to shape an overall view of power, style and authority relative to existing news agencies. Broadcast  news can be defined as any news piece, story or program that is developed for television, radio or film distribution, while print news is any news that is provided in  written form. Across the United States, millions of Americans read newspapers on a daily basis, but almost 10 times that watch television news programs, television magazine programs or listen  to radio broadcasts each day. As a result, broadcast news has become a powerful took in influencing public opinion, shaping views of particular issues, and defining trends in the  United States. The elections of the modern era, for example, are said to have been significantly influenced by broadcast news, with candidates that have been made or broken by  support for their campaign by television and radio broadcasters. What makes these individual news agencies so influential, and what is the specific relationship between news format and the power and  style of news agencies? In order to assess this, it is necessary to consider the way in which broadcast news and print news differ in their presentation of information 

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