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became more popular, many stations created news programs. The National Broadcast Company (NBC) and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) both established news programs that were syndicated nationally, along with dramas and music concerts. Soon, people in their own homes could listen to baseball games as they unfolded, news stories occurring halfway around the world, and interviews with, or profiles about, politicians and celebrities. By the late 1940s, people around the world were beginning to acquire televisions in their homes. In addition Telegraph operators in the wire room of the New York Times receive and record messages from correspondents all over the United States and abroad, 1942. The invention of the telegraph in the nineteenth century enabled information to be spread more quickly over long distances.

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Overview and the History of Media Bias