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Get Over Yourself CNN |
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Credit Due |
| Date Posted: |
06/04/2005 |
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The producer of that segment likely never heard of Ed Murrow.
"This.... is London!"
Hype aside, CNN changed the way we get our news forever.
They pioneered something, and as nutty as Ted Turner was, and is, he was a visionary. |
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"They pioneered something, and as nutty as Ted Turner was, and is, he was a visionary."
You are right about the visioniary part. Apparenly Teddy also did more than create CNN...
From the AP:
"And at one point he claimed partial credit for ending the Cold War.
Amanpour asked his if he honestly thought he had a hand in it.
"I'm absolutely certain I did," he said.
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