News is information about events that affect an entire country, such as political scandals and major disasters. It is a form of public information and can be delivered through any medium including television and radio programs, newspapers and magazines, the Internet, social media sites, podcasts, and other forms of electronic communication.
National news can be reported by national or international news agencies, such as AP, Reuters, and BBC. It can also be delivered by major commercial broadcasters that have regional news divisions, such as CTV. In addition, many of the large statewide newspaper chains in the United States publish national or international news.
While it can take hours or days for news to travel from a source to a consumer, in modern times breaking news can be fed instantly through cable and satellite communications. News stories that once required a reporter to physically bring them to a newsroom can now be sent via email or even typed in real-time into the newsroom computer systems.
Americans are highly polarized when it comes to their news consumption. Democrats are far more likely to trust the news in general, and specific news outlets like CBS, NBC, and ABC, than Republicans do. However, Republicans are more likely to classify specific news outlets as conservative than liberal, such as Fox News and MSNBC. Meanwhile, just over half of Americans say that they view CNN as being non-political. Other sources that they view as non-political include People and Comedy Central.