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CNN was the first 24 hour cable news network, rising to prominence during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Started by billionaire Ted Turner, the network launched on June 1, 1980. CNN HD was launched on September 1, 2007. Time Warner currently owns CNN. The network has recently faced increased competition from rival cable news channels FOX News and MSNBC.
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- Launched: June 1, 1980
- Founder: Ted Turner
- Owner: Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner
- Available to 1.5 billion people
- Notable Personalities: Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Paula Zahn
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Gulf War
CNN came into its own during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, providing 24 hour coverage of the conflict. Americans, who were used to Vietnam era nightly news journalism, flocked to the network in record numbers to watch in depth coverage of the war. The war also helped several of the news correspondents rise to prominence, including Bernard Shaw, Wolf Blitzer and Christiane Amanpour. A television movie Live from Baghdad was made about the network's Gulf War coverage.Popular Shows
Some of the network's most popular shows are The Situation Room, hosted by Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper 360, and Lou Dobbs Tonight.Categories
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CNN on Amazon
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CNN's Cold War Documentary: Issues and Controversy - $17.95
CNN produced a twenty-four part television series on the cold war that generated heated discussion among scholars and in the media. Is the CNN series an accurate depiction or revisionist history? To provide perspective on this issue, CNN...
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Cnn: Cold War (8pc) [VHS] - $99.98
If anything defined the 20th century as the age of anxiety, it's the cold war with its ultimate no-win nuclear endgame. While conflicts in Korea and Vietnam dragged on, providing the traditional images of modern warfare, some of the conflic...
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CNN Presents: Black in America - $29.95
The Black Woman & FamilySoledad O'Brien explores the varied experiences of black women and families and investigates the disturbing statistics of single parenthood, racial disparities between students and the devastating toll of HIV/A...
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