news channels

Current events stations

News channels are television or streaming services devoted to reporting current events, typically broadcasting around the clock.

The term often carries connotations of partisan slant or sensationalism: He only watches news channels that confirm what he already believes.

Cable news channels like CNN and Fox News dominate American political discourse, while local news channels cover regional stories.

format

24-hour

Continuous, without closing

local · national · international · satellite · digital · terrestrial · public broadcasting · subscription · free-to-air · HD

content

breaking

Coming apart suddenly

alerts · coverage · stories · exclusives · dispatches · developments · briefings · reports · segments · investigations

broadcast

CNN

American cable news network

  • BBCBritish public broadcaster
  • MSNBCProgressive cable news outlet
  • C-SPANNetwork televising Congress

Al Jazeera · anchors · correspondents · newsroom · studio · live coverage · programming · airtime · primetime · simulcast

Categories
Opposites
content type

news channelssitcoms

Humorous television series

drama series · reality TV · game shows · soap operas · HBO

temporal focus

news channelsreruns

Previously aired episodes

TV Land

media form

news channelsnewspapers

Printed daily publications

print journalism · books · podcasts · radio news · blogs

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
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