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Television news is routinely blamed for a decline in political knowledge and for a deepening cynicism among the American electorate. Yet studies attempting to measure the effects of TV news have produced decidedly mixed results. This study, using survey data from a 1994 U.S. Senate campaign in Missouri, finds that using TV news for political and government information is positively associated with knowledge about candidates and not associated with cynicism toward politicians. These results run counter to the popular notion that TV news induces "videomalaise" among viewers.

United States deregulation of radio and television in the 1980s is associated with the decision by some stations to end (or not start) presenting local news. This mail and telephone survey found that station programmers who dropped local news said they could not afford it but would present it if news generated sufficient revenue. There is evidence that news was dropped after, and perhaps as a result of deregulation, especially with television stations. The study suggests deregulation has not resulted in the news diversity for which some hoped.