Tutorial - Use new table

I wonder which tutorial you've read. In the CI Tutorial about News, "news08" is never mentioned.
And I think you're mixing up database/table names with controller / method names.
CI doesn't want you to create a "news" database, just a "news" table.

The line

PHP Code:

$data['news08'] = $this->news_model->get_news(); 


in your code is just getting (all) news items from the table that you refer to in your model. It assigns the result to the 'news08' element of the $data array.
As a result, you can display the news-items in your view, by referring to the $news08 array (or object).

The code you are sharing here, is part of your controller.
Please, also show us what your news_model looks like.