The CNN effect led to the
A) American intervention in Somalia.
B) American intervention in Kosovo.
C) American intervention in Iraq in 2003.
D) American intervention in Rwanda.

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The CNN effect refers to the influence of 24-hour news networks on public opinion and government policy. The American intervention in Somalia in the early 1990s was significantly influenced by media coverage, particularly images of suffering and humanitarian crises broadcast by CNN, which pressured the U.S. government to act.

The CNN Effect Led to the