Does the average citizen have access to the wire or are news agencies only allowed access? How does it work??
2007-03-07 07:08:22 · 5 answers · asked by casey_leftwich 5 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
The term goes back to the days of the telegraph in the 1800s. So called wire services were formed which collected news stories and distributed them to newspapers by telegraph. The biggest services were AP (Associated Press), UPI (United Press International), and Reuters. Today many of the news stories you read in your local paper will have a byline from one of these services. With the growth of radio, TV, and the internet wire services don't play quite the same role as then but they still exist and you can go to their web sites to find news. Of course telegraph wires have been replaced by fiber optics, satellites, microwaves, etc. but the old term is still used.
Mark Twain wrote in his book Roughing It that he was working as a telegraph operator in Virginia City, Nevada in 1863 when the news came over the wire that the Union Army had won the Battle of Gettysburg. He wasn't allowed to share this news with anyone because it was a wire service report for the newspapers in California. The public had to wait a few days for the papers to be printed and transported back over the Sierras.
2007-03-07 07:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by rethinker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wire refers to the feeds provided by the Associated Press and Reuters.
2007-03-07 07:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the "Wire" is just another name for news feeds from services such As the Associated Press, UPI, McClatchy, Reuters, etc.
and yes, you can access the same feed under My Yahoo. its just delayed a little bit more.
2007-03-07 07:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by webbrew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not me, yet each and every so often I hear to "Mosaic international information from the middle East" that way i'm advised in international information and different comments as properly what I hear on a on a regular basis foundation right here interior the U.S. the self-love and tabloid propaganda of FOX information bores me.
2016-10-17 12:14:14 · answer #4 · answered by arleta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two pay sites...
Associated press and Reuters.
Two world wide press agencies.
Sometimes (credible) independent reporters.
2007-03-07 07:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋