Recent research has focused on the faulty implications emitted by factual television accounts of real events, while television news has been described as a pseudo-reality created from the ongoing flow of events. Furthermore, the convenient metaphorical language of television news often creates images of reality in such a way that the reality and the description are indistinguishable. More research should focus on short and long term implications of a steady diet of television on viewers and investigate factors concerning media literacy. As more specialized cable networks become available, the language of the medium--which changes in response to technological advances--will be altered to emphasize areas of interest to a select audience rather than a mass conglomerate. Research methodologies must evolve in conjunction with changes in the medium's language. Thirty footnotes and a bibliography are appended. (SRT)