The White HoUse press
Objective: Review various news sources and analyze differences in how people received the news in 1983 compared with today.
PRESS SERVICES
Below is a list of the news services from the White House Press Room in the Discovery Center. Please use this list to complete the following activity.
Below is a list of the news services from the White House Press Room in the Discovery Center. Please use this list to complete the following activity.
ABC, CBS, and NBC News were the three main news networks in the U.S. in 1983. Most people watched the morning and nightly news on one of these networks. they employed a large number of reporters who covered important events and reported them on camera.
The Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post represent major newspapers that report local, national, and world events. Their staff writers researched and reported the news in their stories. In 1983, people could not read news on the Internet because it did not exist in its current form.
The Associated Press and Reuters are wire services. Wire services sell their articles to television news networks, newspapers, and other print media. newspapers might print a story from one of these services instead of assigning their own reporters to cover the event. Television news networks and other media organizations often take the information reported by the wire services and conduct additional research to create their own stories.
The news organizations you will see in the White House Press room were among the leading news services in 1983. You will not find current cable television stations such as CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC because they either did not exist when Ronald Reagan was President or they were still new and fairly insignificant. At that time in history, most homes did not have cable television.
The Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post represent major newspapers that report local, national, and world events. Their staff writers researched and reported the news in their stories. In 1983, people could not read news on the Internet because it did not exist in its current form.
The Associated Press and Reuters are wire services. Wire services sell their articles to television news networks, newspapers, and other print media. newspapers might print a story from one of these services instead of assigning their own reporters to cover the event. Television news networks and other media organizations often take the information reported by the wire services and conduct additional research to create their own stories.
The news organizations you will see in the White House Press room were among the leading news services in 1983. You will not find current cable television stations such as CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC because they either did not exist when Ronald Reagan was President or they were still new and fairly insignificant. At that time in history, most homes did not have cable television.
QUestions
1. How is a wire service different from a television news network?
2. Do you think the Internet has made the news media more or less influential in our society? Why or why not?
3. Name two television news networks or newspapers that are not mentioned above. Why do you think they are not included in the Discovery Center?