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bclement10

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How did cable news give Americans unprecedented access to news and political information?
 
  a. The public could watch many speeches and government proceedings in their entirety without depending on reporters to condense the information.
  b. Cable news channels were available at no charge to viewers.
  c. Viewers had access to government proceedings that were not made available to the big three broadcast networks.
  d. Cable news channels bought out the major newspapers.
  e. Cable news channels relied on government grants so they did not have to air commercials during their programs, giving them more time to cover political news.

Question 2

The first all-news television network was
 
  a. CBS.
  b. CNN.
  c. FOX.
  d. MSNBC.
  e. NBC.


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yifu223

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Reply #1 on: Jul 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B


bclement10

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Reply 2 on: Jul 9, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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