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Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed - Center for Media and Democracy (1525 words) |
 | More than three-quarters of U.S. adults rely on local TV news, and more than 70 percent turn to network TV or cable news on a daily or near-daily basis, according to a January 2006 Harris Poll. |
 | CMD found 69 TV stations that aired at least one VNR from June 2005 to March 2006a significant number, given that CMD was only able to track a small percentage of the VNRs streaming into newsrooms during that time. |
 | TV stations often use VNRs to limit the costs associated with producing, filming and editing their own reports. |
| BBC NEWS | News Front Page (175 words) |
 | At least 23 people are killed as blasts rock the Algerian capital - one claim says it was carried out by al-Qaeda. |
 | Women civil servants in India are horrified by new rules requiring details of their menstrual cycles. |
 | Is there a new dawn for China and Japan? |