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Peter Jennings

             Whether we like it or not today's world is governed by the constant bombardment of information. From the newsstands which hold everything from satirical magazines to reputable newspapers; to our own homes which are often littered with televisions and radios. Our world has come to be controlled by our never-ending thirst for information. Perhaps during the last century, has the greatest impact of mass media begun; with the advent of radio, television, and most recently the Internet audiences are able to experience information like never before. Everything from advertising to unbiased news is available at the click of a button. This immediate access to such a wide variety of information has lead to an increased public knowledge of worldwide cultures and events. Perhaps one of the most lucrative and widely respected areas of this information craze are those of the legitimate news media. Whom bring to the viewers home information far outside the little world in which they conduct their everyday lives. The thirst for current affairs has brought incredible success to constant information channels such as CNN and MSNBC as well as gain major ratings for the big three (ABC, NBC, and CBS). It is within these 3 stations that some of America's most popular and reputable new anchors have risen. With colleagues such as Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings has a remarkable career, which has shown the awesome power that modern mass media communication can have. .
             Peter Charles Jennings was born on July 29th in Toronto Canada and was the son of an already highly successful radio news personality for the CBC (Canadian News Corp)2. Perhaps it was his father that sparked his interest for journalism as it only took the rising star 10 years to land his first radio show. Mr. Jennings first position was for a Canadian radio station in which he anchored a Saturday morning radio show entitled Peter's Program2.


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1. Sniper Coverage

Jennings, Rather, and Brokaw are household names, and have been watched for over 30 years. ... Although network news (NBC and ABC) didn't spend nearly as much time on the current news, at night, both Peter Jennings, and Tom Brokaw, re-capped the major case turning points, and major events of the day. ... Even though they didn't have an exclusive interview with the dad of John Malvo, Jennings and Brokaw did mention possible outcomes, and punishments. ...

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2. Violence In The Media

Peter Jennings has covered many events in his 35 years at ABC, such as The Berlin Wall coming down. ... Jennings won the Harvard University Career Award in excellence. Jennings break down after the September 11th attack on the United States and his broadcast was compared to Walter Cronkite's break down on National TV when JFK was shot. (ABC News WebPages, and Peter Jennings WebPages.) ...

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3. Buddhism

According to Peter Jennings, there are presently between four and six million individuals in the U.S. who identify with the Buddhist religion, and many prominent Americans, such as Jerry Brown, Richard Gere, and Oliver Stone, have accepted this religion. ...

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4. Ella Enchanted

Peter, Ella's father, came to the funeral. ... Ella went to a town called Jenns where she traded in the wig for some supplies. ... As soon Sir Peter left, Dame Olga and Hattie put Ella to work. ...

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5. Birth Order

Does Birth Order Really Matter In Life? Does being first born make people more responsible? If someone is the middle born child, is he or she going to be rebellious? Are first-born children inconsiderate and selfish or highly motivated? Birth order definitely affects your personality, your a...

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6. History Of The Internet

It was also in 1983 that a San Francisco programmer, Tom Jennings wrote the first FidoNet Bulletin Board System, which was capable of allowing both email and message passing over the Internet between networked BBSs by 1988. ... Two other notable events this year include the release of ARCHIE by Peter Deutsch, Alan Emtage, and Bill Heelan at McGill, and the first remotely controlled machine to be linked to the Internet; a toaster (controlled by SNMP). 1991 was the year what WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers), was released by Brewster Kahle, of Thinking Machines Corporation; Paul Lindner and...

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7. The History Of The Internet

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8. Throw Away Babies

After a teenage girl gave birth in a Virginia motel in March 2000 to a baby girl, she and her teenage boyfriend drove over the state lines to Delaware, nursed the baby, wrapped her in a blanket and left her in a portable toilet. A construction worker found the child dead 12 hours later. The two te...

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9. Jesus People

He is nationally and internationally known in both academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar, he is the author of eleven books, including: Conflict, Holiness and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus (1984) Jesus: A New Vision (1987) Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time (1994) The God We Never Knew (1997) The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (1999) God at 2000 (2000) Reading the Bible Again for the First Time (2001 Borg is described by The New York Times as "a leading figure among the new generation of Jesus scholars," he has appeared on: NBC's "Today Show" ...

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