Financial news claims to be unbiased and fact based. This is offset (at least partially) by the desire to sell news. Can reporting the news impact the outcome (i.e. drive share price in a particular...

Financial News
Financial News can be defined as the information that covers the finance world and various
financial events. It can be in the form of print, broadcast television or internet. The most
common source of financial news is local newspaper. The newspaper of various big cities
generally devotes several pages to business news and information. Various newspapers providing
financial news are The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Investor’s Business
Daily, and the Money section of USA Today. These all are called national publications that
include articles regarding the behavior of economy, the market, different industries and
individual companies. The most complete and up to date coverage of financial news is given by
The Wall Street Journal. Other good sources of investment information include some magazines
like Money, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, Smart Money, and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
The internet is also considered as an important source of information for investors.
The corporate communication needs have definitely come to govern the production of business
and financial news. This is because, in comparison to mainstream news, journalists are not torn
between the competing demands of their suppliers...