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This paper discusses the news and how it differs in broadcast formats from America, Nigeria and Australia. The paper further discusses that the American television news is very open and produces a large amount of information to the public. In contrast, Nigerian news is censored by the government, and Western news is not allowed within the country. Australian news is still segregated in the stories from men and women.

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"Television news is not the same in all countries. Americans have become so accustomed to viewing everything from attempted assassinations to police pursuits in progress, that almost nothing being aired would be considered unique to us. Furthermore, most Americans feel that they have a right to know all of the news, no matter how violent or explicit the story is. To be able to comprehend that many other countries either edit their news programs for acceptable content, or ban it altogether is a concept that, in America, would be considered a violation of our rights. Yet, in this mass information age the citizens of many countries are not as well informed as average Americans because the news is often disbursed based on what governments believe to be acceptable. "

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