How does the increasing focus of media conglomerates on making a profit affect television news?
a. The quality of news reporting has increased considerably in an attempt to sway more viewers and more advertisers.
b. A study of a set of major newspapers found that the total number of foreign news stories in U.S. newspapers doubled between 1985 and 2014.—
c. Media organizations have cut back on their foreign bureaus and on international news.
d. Television news is increasingly viewed as a public service that benefits the media conglomerate by generating goodwill with viewers.
c
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