CNN (Cable News Network) is owned by Time Warner, the world's largest media conglomerate. Time Warner was originally the product of a merger that took place in 1990 between Time Inc. and Warner Communications. The current CEO, president, and Chairman of the Board of Time Warner is Jeffery Bewkes.
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The article quotes Rahel Probst of AlpTransit Gotthard and a statement produced by AlpTransit Gotthard, the company building the tunnel. The article also cites a study produced by the EU Commission.
Keywords: tunnel, giant drilling machine, economic/economical, link, infrastructure, freight, rail/railway
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom. It is funded by a fee on all United Kingdom households and organizations that record or receive live television broadcasts. The BBC also generates income through several subsidiary corporations such as BBC Worldwide.
The article quotes Heinz Ehrbar, the Chief Construction Officer on the project; Moritz Leuenberger, the Swiss Transport Minister; and Peter Fueglistaler, the Head of the Swiss Federal Transport Office.
Keywords: tunnel, Gotthard, link/linking, workers, freight, feat
Der Spiegel is a German news magazine. It is published by SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG, a company primarily owned by its own employees. Gruner + Jahr GmbH & Co. KG, the largest European publishing firm, owns 25.5% of SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG.
The Spiegel article quotes Swiss Transportation Minister Moritz Leuenberger; Hubert Bär, the project foreman; Peter Fueglistaler, head of the Swiss Federal Office of Transport; the Süddeutsche Zeitung, a German newspaper; and Luzi Gruber, head of Implenia, the company in charge of the project.
Keywords: tunnel, longest in the world, reputation, pride, world wonder, Gotthard, expensive, return on investment, freight
All the articles report the basic facts such as the length of the tunnel, where it was built, and why it was built. The CNN story is the shortest, while the Spiegel story is the longest, which makes sense, because Germany is much closer to Switzerland than the US or the United Kingdom. The German article was also the only one to talk about negative issues associated with the tunnel, such as its high cost. The main source for the CNN article seems to be a press release from the company that dug the tunnel, indicating that CNN did not think readers would be interested enough in the topic to justify more in-depth coverage. The BBC article has more interviews, but the BBC story does not cover as many angles as the Spiegel story.
The CNN article gives the name of the author of the article, the Spiegel article mentions that some of its content was taken from wire reports, and the BBC article does not give any information on authorship. All three articles exist only online, where less emphasis is placed on identifying the author of an article.
The CNN article says that the company constructing the tunnel is AlpTransit Gotthard, the Spiegel article says the company in charge is Implenia, and there is a link to the AlpTransit Gotthard web page at the end of the BBC article. It appears that both companies are involved in the tunnel project. These articles are among the earlier ones to come out on the topic. Later articles may be more factually reliable.
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