National news is changing and has changed over several decades. It used to be that national news was the cold hard facts. People like Walter Cronkite gave the important details on the television. Edward R. Murrow was another that reported the national news for how it was. In recent years the national news has become friendlier.

The facts are still reported, but there is more to it than that. The national news looks for polls, groups, and ways to keep people entertained over just providing the facts. Even the newspapers have changed with offering national coverage. Now it is anyone’s game at the newspapers with the internet available. Stories can be covered more quickly, reported the instant it happens, and in general the public gets more.