The objective of this paper is to confirm the validity of news production research perspective. Grounded in the critical cultural theory, the news production research perspective contends that the economic and other influences on the production of news distort its content in favor of those in power (e.g., conglomerations, government, politicians, large corporations). In verifying the theory, the paper examines four news outlets: New York daily newspaper, CBS Chicago local TV news station, U.S. News & World Report magazine, and CNN TV broadcast for one day’s coverage. The paper then addresses four common news production conventions – personalized, dramatized, fragmented, and normalized news that can be successfully connected to the study of
