Developed almost 90 years ago, CBS News is one of Americas longest, and would seem trusting, news networks. It broadcasts the CBS evening News amongst other well-known news programs such as 60-Minutes and Face the Nation. The end of World War II marked the start of the television, and in 1948 CBS network launched its very first night television newscast, The CBS TV News. Eventually CBS news became a key player in journalism with award winning broadcasters such as Edward Murrow and Walter Cronkite.
CBS News originated as radio programming, with commentators reading the current events from newspapers or wire services (Encyclopedia of Journalism.) At this time, its only real competitor was NBC, with these two networks being the only ones to have …show more content…
Statistics show their viewer demographic is a median of 58.7, the oldest of any major network. A study by Deloitte, showed that by the time the older viewership start watching news broadcast in the morning the younger viewership have already received and soaked in the information through new social media platforms and are already on to the next news. In an article titled Is It Possible To Get Millennia’s To Watch The News?, it stated “maybe not,” but CBS was the only one trying to venture out to new platforms to reach the new and increasing audience at that time. Broadcast news is dying, with a very little demographic under 30yr olds watching nightly news, so in 2014 CBS News changed all …show more content…
According to a survey done in 2014 by the Pew Research Center, it found that trust and distrust in the news media varies on their political ideologies. CBS News came in fourth (order of trust was: CNN, ABC and NBC) when polled, “Which news organizations do Americans trust the most?” However, the high numbers were linked to the fact of those whom have actually heard of the news source, the better known the source, the more it was trusted.
CBS was once in jeopardy of having their trust and credibility questioned. After one of their correspondents claimed ex President George Bush used inappropriate political influences to get out of National Guard duty. The correspondent had to later state the report was based on inauthentic documents. This is one of the problems, not just CBS but all major news networks are having today. They are all competing to be the first ones to have the latest news they either forget, or don’t care to fact check.
CBS News was once nicknamed the, “Tiffany Network,” for its “classy” news programming, and as of 2016, it is the second largest broadcasting company in the world, behind BBC (All Sides article). Broadcast Journalism has intensely changed since the days CBS News was first created, however its mission has always remained the same, “To find the truth, to report it clearly and fully,” (Encyclopedia of
CBS News originated as radio programming, with commentators reading the current events from newspapers or wire services (Encyclopedia of Journalism.) At this time, its only real competitor was NBC, with these two networks being the only ones to have …show more content…
Statistics show their viewer demographic is a median of 58.7, the oldest of any major network. A study by Deloitte, showed that by the time the older viewership start watching news broadcast in the morning the younger viewership have already received and soaked in the information through new social media platforms and are already on to the next news. In an article titled Is It Possible To Get Millennia’s To Watch The News?, it stated “maybe not,” but CBS was the only one trying to venture out to new platforms to reach the new and increasing audience at that time. Broadcast news is dying, with a very little demographic under 30yr olds watching nightly news, so in 2014 CBS News changed all …show more content…
According to a survey done in 2014 by the Pew Research Center, it found that trust and distrust in the news media varies on their political ideologies. CBS News came in fourth (order of trust was: CNN, ABC and NBC) when polled, “Which news organizations do Americans trust the most?” However, the high numbers were linked to the fact of those whom have actually heard of the news source, the better known the source, the more it was trusted.
CBS was once in jeopardy of having their trust and credibility questioned. After one of their correspondents claimed ex President George Bush used inappropriate political influences to get out of National Guard duty. The correspondent had to later state the report was based on inauthentic documents. This is one of the problems, not just CBS but all major news networks are having today. They are all competing to be the first ones to have the latest news they either forget, or don’t care to fact check.
CBS News was once nicknamed the, “Tiffany Network,” for its “classy” news programming, and as of 2016, it is the second largest broadcasting company in the world, behind BBC (All Sides article). Broadcast Journalism has intensely changed since the days CBS News was first created, however its mission has always remained the same, “To find the truth, to report it clearly and fully,” (Encyclopedia of