I usually watch the news on TV for half an hour to know about what's happening.

我通常在电视上看半小时的新闻，来了解时事。

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In a modern age defined by blogs, talk radio and 24-hour cable news channels, it is hard to imagine the unifying effect on society of journalists like Cronkite.

在这样一个由博客、电台节目和24小时全天有线新闻主导的时代下，沃尔特对新闻界仍具有的号召力实在令人惊叹。

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The news feed is now also updated in real-time, while the old feed ran on a schedule and only updated a few times per hour.

新闻反馈也会变成即时播报，而非以前那种每小时只更新数次，并按常规时间表播报的形式。

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How many of us who would turn on the local news on the hour in '78, could be bothered nowadays?

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On Monday evening the breaking news graphics on the pacy 24-hour news channels read like the penultimate chapter of Tendulkar's own cricketing obituary.

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After Brazil got knocked out of the tournament, there was much criticism of the effect the 24-hour news cycle had on the team.

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