3 Describe the effect of the pattern of ownership and control of the media on the
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Once the only newspapers to exist were paid for by the government and distributed to political elites and upper-class families. Today newspapers are affordable by anyone and people may rely on TV or the radio or Internet as a source of information. How did all this change? First, the installment of the Government Printing Office put an end to all subsidies. Very flamboyant people who wrote the articles with a great amount of sensationalism to interest the readers managed many of the first newspapers. As time progressed, however, they were replaced by less flamboyant managers and editors. As a result, the stories had more logic and truth to them. Depending on the views of the writers, the articles have varying degrees of biased and slanted information in them. For example, if a journalist is a democrat, then his stories regarding politics may have a slant to them that favors more liberal views. Another factor is how the American newspaper, radio, and television are made up of locally owned enterprises...