Last week, a major politician was caught in a political scandal. The story was featured on the front page of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and was the lead story on NBC, ABC, and CBS nightly news. This is referred to as:

Homogenization

Explanation:

 The homogenization is one of the process that helps in listing the various types of characteristics based on the different types of culture, values and the diversity.

 The homogenization is the term which is used to refers to the process that is used to breaking all the cultural barriers and global culture.

According to the question, the politician was basically caught in the political based scandal and this story is highlighted in the front page in the new York times and the Los angles newspaper. Therefore, the given scenario is best illustrating about the homogenization.