Deck 11: CNN: International Role, Impact, and Global Competitors

Question 1

CNN changed the global format to:

A) 24 hour news broadcasting
B) Late breaking news
C) Foreign government coups
D) Global interest stories

Answer 1

24 hour news broadcasting

Question 2

The United Kingdom's major broadcasting network, who has been covering global events for decades is:

A) Royal News Network
B) British Broadcasting Corporation
C) Channel 1 Great Britain
D) England Broadcasting Corporation

Answer 2

British Broadcasting Corporation

Question 3

It was not until the mid-____s that CNN broke even, let alone made a profit.

A) 1970's
B) 1980's
C) 1990's
D) 2000's

Answer 3

1980's

Question 4

CNN's major competitors are satellite channels

A) BSkyB
B) BBC
C) HNN
D) HBN
E) Both A & B

Question 5

CNN World Report offers what unique service?

A) 24 hour global news
B) Outlet for foreign broadcasters
C) The latest most important world events broadcast live
D) One hour news on Latin countries such as Brazilian News

Question 6

Turner Broadcasting views its success in the first Iraqi war from good relationships garnered from:

A) Balanced reporting of both sides
B) Anti-American propaganda
C) The success of relationships made with World Report
D) The shorter program time of CNN reports

Question 7

Because of CNN's success in the niche market of news broadcasting they are bound to be followed by imitators. Which of these networks is NOT a direct imitator of CNN?

A) MSNBC
B) FOX News
C) NATO
D) BBC America

Question 8

CNN's reputation has been enhanced by coverage of such stories, all EXCEPT:

A) Turkish elections for secular government
B) Tiananmen Square student protests
C) Bombing of Moscow Parliament
D) 9/11

Question 9

As of 2013, over ____ stations representing 150 countries participate in CNN's the World Report.

A) 150
B) 250
C) 350
D) 450

Question 10

The merger with AOL shifted the CNN focus from news to personality based news highlighting such stars as

A) Andy Rooney
B) Audrey Hepburn
C) Gregory Peck
D) Christiane Amanpour

Question 11

Pressure created by the CNN Effect forced US and British Administrations to respond to which international conflict?

A) The Indian Ocean Tsunami
B) Somalia Crisis
C) The Sudanese Lost Boy situation
D) The Civil war in Rwanda

Question 12

_____ is one of Fox New's media personalities.

A) Bill O'Reilly
B) Wolf Blitzer
C) Peter Arnett
D) None of the above .

Question 13

War coverage was changed when the Pentagon decided to:

A) Embed journalists in combat units in Iraq 2002
B) Have coverage of troops landing, like in Grenada in 1983
C) Using media speakers to blast rock 'n roll, like Panama 1989
D) Unfavorable accounts of military actions as in Vietnam 1971

Question 14

Fox News proudly catering successfully to the __________

A) right of center audience
B) left of center audience
C) center audience
D) none of the above

Question 15

The success of the BBC is due to all but

A) The vast number of British colonies worldwide who broadcast in English
B) Incredibly high price of advertising for a single minute
C) It directly competes with CNN on a global scale
D) Focus on quality programming is a central tenet

Question 16

Deutsche Welle, a major online and worldwide radio and television broadcaster, is stationed in:

A) Germany
B) France
C) Wales
D) Australia

Question 17

In 2012, a long-time popular _____ television host Jimmy Savile was accused of sexually abusing hundreds of boys and girls during his tenure with the television network.

A) CNN
B) MSNBC
C) FOX news
D) BBC

Question 18

Caught up in the growing scandal [ sexually abusing hundreds of boys and girls], Mark Thompson (the television network's former director-general) was forced to resign and is now the CEO of which newspaper?

A) The London Times
B) The Wall Street Journal
C) USA Today
D) The New York Times

Question 19

Euronews is headquartered in _____ and broadcasts television news in eight languages.

A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) France

Question 20

Washington's Voice of America [VOA], is prohibited from broadcasting within the United States under the ________ Act.

A) 1912 London Convention and Radio Act
B) 1948 Smith-Mundt
C) 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
D) 2001 US PATRIOT Act

Question 21

BBC and CNN are the two global all news stations.

Question 22

CNN's major competition is Al-Jazeera.

Question 23

CNN managed to make niche television a global phenomenon.

Question 24

Ted Turner lost a fortune when Time Warner merged with AOL.

Question 25

CNN views its greatest threat as growth of imitators.

Question 26

While once a power house, budget cuts and management changes have caused CNN's market share to fall behind Fox News.

Question 27

President Bush, who was at his vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine, stated that all he knew about Tiananmen Square was what CNN was showing - just like the rest of the world.

Question 28

During the first Gulf War, CNN was the only global agency granted permission to broadcast live from Baghdad.

Question 29

Before their Gulf War coverage, CNN was once lampooned by rivals as the "Chicken Noodle News."

Question 30

CNN's coverage of the First Gulf War made Peter Arnett the archetypal journalist.

Question 31

Peter Arnett is still a key member of CNN.

Question 32

Wolf Blitzer is one of the most watched personalities on FOX news.

Question 33

The Vietnam war changed news broadcasting thanks in part to embedded journalists.

Question 34

Embedded Journalism is known as the idealized standard of reporter objectivity.

Question 35

The merger with AOL has shifted the focus from news-based to personality-based programming.

Question 36

What stories CNN focuses on is called the CNN Effect or CNN Factor.

Question 37

The international community is more likely to respond to a serious crisis in a country of marginal strategic or economic importance if the mainstream media are effective in alerting the population to the crisis.

Question 38

CNN can force governments into damage control mode when it reports such stories as Abu Ghraib and violations at Guantanamo Bay.

Question 39

CNN has lost its market share to an unabashed right of center FOX News.

Question 40

The initial purpose of the US Information Agency, created during World War I, is to control the flow of news inside the borders of the United States.