History MediaNotes / NewsNetworks

[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/msnbc.png]]

[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cnbc2.png]]

While initially insistent on being impartial journalists who happened to be more "balanced" than their competitors (hence slogans like "Fair and Balanced" and "We Report, You Decide"), Fox increasingly embraced its role as a conservative mouthpiece in the American media landscape. This has made the network a lightning rod of controversy, with liberals accusing Fox of broadcasting false or misleading reporting, while academics characterized Fox as "quasi-[[UsefulNotes/StateBroadcaster state media]]" during the presidency of Creator/DonaldTrump. In 2023, Fox was forced to pay $787 million to settle a defamation suit brought by election software company Dominion Voting Systems, the discovery phase of which had uncovered embarrassing texts which proved that Fox anchors knowingly deceived their audience about the 2020 election being stolen.

MSNBC was intended by its creators to bring a unique syncronicity between online and cable news, mostly by putting viewer emails on the air. It was a pretty novel idea... in 1996. But once the other two big networks jumped online, MSNBC's high-tech gimmick began to look redundant. The network would spend nearly a decade floundering in last place (in spite of the strength of NBC News behind it), desperately trying to ape the success that the Fox News Channel was having with opinion-driven pundit shows, while having ratings more comparable to those of CNN Headline News than with the big players of cable news. Meanwhile, UsefulNotes/PrimeTime was increasingly being [[NetworkDecay filled with true crime and prison "documentaries"]]. In 2005, Microsoft sold 32% of MSNBC to NBC Universal, retaining only 18% (the website, which is actually a separate unit from the TV network, remained a 50/50 partnership until 2012), and later dropping out completely, giving NBCU 100%.

RT presents around-the-clock news bulletins, documentaries, talk shows, debates, sports news, and cultural programmes that it says provide "a Russian viewpoint on major global events". RT had branches in the U.S., U.K., Germany, South America, and the Middle East, most of which were shut down as a result of sanctions against Russia following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine (which it openly supports). It is also known for giving airtime to {{Conspiracy Theorist}}s.

* '''CNN Philippines'''. Launched on March 16, 2015, it is the Filipino version of CNN. It is based in Mandaluyong, located in Metro UsefulNotes/{{Manila}}.

* '''CNN-[=News18=]'''. Launched on December 18, 2005 under the name CNN-IBN, it is the Indian version of CNN. It is based in New Delhi.

* '''CNN Airport'''. Launched on January 20, 1992 as CNN Airport Network, it is a version of CNN [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin seen only in airports]], which showed mostly CNN rebroadcasts and looping weather and flight delay forecasts, but specifically [[ThisIsNoTimeToPanic removes all mention of stories]] such as plane crashes or other events which might make wary travelers panic before they get onto a plane, along with stories that [[ThinkOfTheChildren shouldn't be shown on a public channel with children around]]; when this happens, they quickly cut to a weather map. The network also carried sports programming from Turner Sports, as well as holding the airport rights to a slate of [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] games.Thanks in large part to the fact that you can now [[TechnologyMarchesOn simply get the same information on your mobile phone]], CNN Airport Network was discontinued on March 31, 2021.

* '''CNN International'''. Launched in September 1985, it targets viewers outside the United States (although a few systems air it in America), and has a reputation for featuring more news and fewer talking heads. Also, in contrast to the American original, it has the tagline ''Go without borders'' to emphasize its global views. It is the second most-watched news network in the world, behind [[Creator/TheBBC BBC World News]], its main competitor. Although mainly basing itself in Atlanta like the main channel, it also has offices in UsefulNotes/{{London}}, UsefulNotes/HongKong, UsefulNotes/{{Mumbai}}, and Abu Dhabi. The channel is technically made up of five different variants (Asia-Pacific, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Latin America, North America, and South Asia), each of which used to feature unique programs, but since the mid-2000s, the variants have been streamlined, and the only remaining differences are programs inserted during breaks, such as weather report.

* '''CNN Airport'''. Launched on January 20, 1992 as CNN Airport Network, it is a version of CNN [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin seen only in airports]], which showed mostly CNN rebroadcasts and looping weather and flight delay forecasts, but specifically [[ThisIsNoTimeToPanic removes all mention of stories]] such as plane crashes or other events which might make wary travelers panic before they get onto a plane, along with stories that [[ThinkOfTheChildren shouldn't be shown on a public channel with children around]]; when this happens, they quickly cut to a weather map. Thanks in large part to the fact that you can now [[TechnologyMarchesOn simply get the same information on your mobile phone]], CNN Airport Network was discontinued on March 31, 2021.

RT presents around-the-clock news bulletins, documentaries, talk shows, debates, sports news, and cultural programmes that it says provide "a Russian viewpoint on major global events". RT had branches in the U.S., U.K., Germany, South America, and the Middle East, most of which were shut down as a result of sanctions against Russia following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It is also known for giving airtime to {{Conspiracy Theorist}}s.

Cable News Network, more commonly known as CNN, is the first of the full-time American [[TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks cable news networks]]. In fact, it was one of the first cable networks, period. Founded on June 1, 1980 by UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}-based media mogul UsefulNotes/TedTurner, CNN is now a subsidiary of Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery (the owners of the Creator/WarnerBros movie studio) and the world's second largest network (behind Creator/TheBBC).

After Lou Dobbs left, CNN's lineup began transforming into a revolving door: Campbell Brown resigned, Rick Sanchez (who hosted ''Rick's List'', a UsefulNotes/WebTwoPointOh news program that [[PromotionToOpeningTitles used to just be an average hour]] of ''Newsroom'') was fired after controversial remarks on a radio show, ''State of the Union'' got downsized so John King could host a new weekday show, Eliot Parker left ''Parker Spitzer'' (which got downgraded to ''In the Arena'' before it got canned), Creator/LarryKing retired (and was replaced by Piers Morgan, who would become a wildly controversial member of the team and develop an infamous feud with ''Series/TopGear'''s Creator/JeremyClarkson), ''American Morning'' was split into ''Early Start'' and ''Starting Point'', and John King's show got cancelled in favor of Creator/ErinBurnett. The changes led to some of CNN's worst ratings in years.

In 2013, Jeff Zucker, who formerly worked for Creator/NBCUniversal, took over as the new network president. It only took him a few months before he began making major changes: Chris Cuomo was snatched from Creator/{{ABC}} to host the new morning show ''New Day'' with Kate Bolduan, Creator/JakeTapper got a new afternoon show in mid-March, plans for a new 10:00 pm ET show were revealed, and their classic debate show ''Crossfire'' got UnCancelled. Zucker also brought back the "classic" ticker, and after years of "generic local news announcer guy", brought back Creator/JamesEarlJones and his famous StationIdent (alongside variants featuring various personalities).

In the later years of the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush administration, however, the network took the popularity of ''Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann'' and the April 2007 departure of Don Imus as the chance to try a new strategy. It moved its [[FoxNewsLiberal token conservative]] Joe Scarborough from the prime-time lineup to Imus's old time slot, and the network's weekday prime-time ended up sliding towards the left and was called "the liberal Fox News" by people who tried to defend Fox News [[InsultBackfire by admitting that while FNC was a right-wing propaganda channel, MSNBC was the same to the left]]. It doesn't help that over the years most conservatives on the channel were fired and were picked up by Fox News. But finally, in October 2010, the network adopted a new catchphrase "Lean Forward", which signaled to many analysts that it had dropped all pretense and become essentially "the liberal Fox News". [[BerserkButton Just don't tell them that.]]