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CNN
Cable News Network
Type Cable television network
Branding CNN
Availability
worldwide (via CNN International), online (via CNN Pipeline), radio (news
reports on the half hour)
Founder Ted Turner
Slogan "The Most Trusted Name in News"
Owner Turner Broadcasting (Time Warner)
Key people Reese Schonfeld
Jim Walton (Pres., CNN Worldwide)
Jonathan Klein (Pres., CNN/US)
Launch date June 1, 1980
Website www.cnn.com
Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television
network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner.[1][2] It is a division of the Turner
Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. CNN introduced the idea of
24-hour television news coverage, and celebrated its 25th anniversary on
June 1, 2005.
In terms of cumulative (Cume) Nielsen ratings or "unique viewers", CNN rates
as America's #1 cable news network.[3] CNN broadcasts primarily from its
headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, Time Warner Center in New York
City, and studios in Washington, DC. As of December 2004, it is available in
88.2 million U.S. households and more than 890,000 American hotel rooms. The
U.S version of CNN is also shown in Canada. Globally, the network airs
through CNN International and has combined branded networks and services
that are available to more than 1.5 billion people in over 212 countries and
territories.
History
The Cable News Network was launched at 6:00 p.m. EST on June 1, 1980. After
an introduction by Ted Turner, the husband and wife team of David Walker and
Lois Hart anchored the first newscast.[4] Since its debut, CNN has expanded
its reach to a number of cable and satellite television networks, several
web sites, specialized closed-circuit networks (such as CNN Airport
Network), and two radio networks. The network has 42 bureaus, more than 900
affiliated local stations, and several regional and foreign-language
networks around the world. The network's success made a bona-fide mogul of
founder Ted Turner and set the stage for the Time Warner conglomerate's
eventual acquisition of Turner Broadcasting.
Despite its domestic standing, CNN remains a distant second in international
news coverage, reaching just over half of the audience of the older BBC
News. Unlike BBC's network of reporters and bureaus, CNN International makes
extensive use of affiliated reporters that are local to, and often directly
affected by, the events they are reporting. The effect is a more immediate,
less detached style of on-the-ground coverage. This has done little to stem
criticism, largely from Middle Eastern nations, that CNN International
reports news from a pro-American perspective. This is a marked contrast to
domestic criticisms that often portray CNN as having a "liberal" or
"anti-American" bias.
A companion network, Headline News (originally called CNN2) was launched in
1982 and featured a continuous 24-hour cycle of 30-minute news broadcasts.
Headline News broke from its original format in 2006 with the addition of
Headline Prime. Current programs feature confrontational personalities like
radio talk-show host Glenn Beck and former Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor
Nancy Grace.
The Gulf War
The first Persian Gulf War in 1991 was a watershed event for CNN that
catapulted the network past the "big three" American networks for the first
time in its history, largely due to an unprecedented, historical scoop: CNN
was the only news outlet with the ability to communicate outside Iraq during
the initial hours of the American bombing campaign. Clandestine live reports
from the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad by reporters Bernard Shaw, John
Holliman, and Peter Arnett are some of the most nail-biting, suspenseful
reports in television news history.
Much of the vivid suspense results, ironically, from the reporters'
inability to offer a video feed, which forced CNN to present their degraded,
telephone-quality audio over live green-tinted night-vision shots of a
Baghdad sky streaked with tracers and explosions. These images evoked Edward
R. Murrow's radio reports of the London Blitzkrieg during World War II,
resulting in some of the most indelible journalistic images of the late 20th
Century. Their impact was widespread and profound.
The Gulf War experience brought CNN some much sought-after legitimacy and
made household names of previously obscure (and infamously low-paid)
reporters. Many of these reporters now comprise CNN's "old guard." Bernard
Shaw became CNN's chief anchor until his retirement in 2001. Others include
then-White House correspondent Wolf Blitzer (now host of The Situation Room
and Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer) and international correspondent
Christiane Amanpour. Amanpour's presence in Iraq was caricatured by actress
Nora Dunn as the ruthless reporter "Adriana Cruz" in the film Three Kings
(1999, dir: David O. Russell). Time Warner later produced a television
movie, Live from Baghdad, about the network's coverage of the first Gulf
War, which aired on HBO.
The CNN Effect
Coverage of the first Gulf War and other crises of the early 1990s
(particularly the infamous "Black Hawk Down" Battle of Mogadishu) led
officials at the Pentagon to coin the term "the CNN effect" to describe the
perceived impact of real time, 24-hour news coverage on the decision-making
processes of the American government.
9/11
CNN claims to be the first network to break news of the September 11
attacks. Anchor Carol Lin was on the air to deliver the first alleged public
report of the event. Sean Murtagh, CNN vice-president for finance &
administration, was the first network employee on the air in New York.
Archives of CNN's website on 9/11 and subsequent days are available at
archive.org.[5]
Experiments
CNN launched two specialty news channels for the American market which would
later close amid competitive pressure: CNNSI shut down in 2002, and CNNfn
shut down after nine years on the air in December 2004. CNN and Sports
Illustrated's partnership continues today online at CNNSI.com. CNNfn's
former website now redirects to money.cnn.com, a product of CNN's strategic
partnership with Money Magazine.
Online
CNN debuted its news website CNN.com (then known as as CNN Interactive or
CNNi) on August 30, 1995. Initially an experiment, interest in CNN.com grew
steadily over its first decade and today CNN.com is now one of the most
popular news websites in the world. The wide-spread growth of blogs, social
media and user-generated content has had a profound effect on the network,
and blogs in particular have focused CNN's previously scattershot online
offerings, most noticeably in the development and launch of CNN Pipeline in
late 2005.
CNN Pipeline was the name of a paid subscription service, its corresponding
website, and a content delivery client that provided streams of live video
from up to four sources (or "pipes"), on-demand access to CNN stories and
reports, and optional pop-up "news alerts" to computer users. The
installable client was available to users of PCs running Microsoft Windows.
There was also a browser-based "web client" that did not require
installation. The service was discontinued in July of 2007 and replaced with
a very similar but free web based live video service.
The now-defunct topical news-program Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics was the
first CNN program to feature a round-up of blogs in 2004. Blog coverage was
expanded when Inside Politics was folded into the The Situation Room. In
2006, CNN launched CNN Exchange and CNN iReport, initiatives designed to
further introduce and centralize the impact of everything from blogging to
citizen journalism within the CNN brand. CNN iReport which features
user-submitted photos and video, has achieved considerable traction, with
increasingly professional-looking reports filed by amateur journalists, many
still in high school or college. The iReport gained more prominence when
observers of the Virginia Tech Shootings sent-in first hand photos of what
was going during the shootings.
CNN continues to expand its online platform and now offers several RSS feeds
and podcasts.
Trivia
* The most famous station ID is a five-second musical jingle with James Earl
Jones' simple but classic line, "This is CNN." Jones' voice can still be
heard today in updated station IDs.
* The most widely-used slogan at time of writing is "The Most Trusted Name
In News".
* On March 21, 2006, the Gallup polling company dropped CNN as its outlet
for electronic distribution, due in part to CNN's lower ratings.[6]
* CNN has been parodied many times. Many movies outside of the Turner
Broadcasting Network also mention CNN in their storylines. In the movie Mr
Bones appears a news network with the name "CCN", its logo being in the same
font as CNN's. In the video game Desert Strike, CNN is parodied by calling
the news station, EANN, with the EA standing for the video game company's
name, Electronic Arts. The movie Batman Forever shows a newscast on "GNN"
(presumably standing for Gotham News Network) The Logo is very similair to
the "CNN" logo. Other parodies, or references include Command and Conquer
Zero Hour's American campaign, featuring updates on missions with a
correspondent from BNN, the rapper Eminem included a similar alteration in
his song Without Me, where, dressed up as Osama Bin Laden he was reported on
by ENN, obviously due to his name being Eminem. Some fictional television
shows also use a parody of CNN known as ZNN.
Current shows
* American Morning - The network's morning news program. Hosted by Kiran
Chetry and John Roberts.
* CNN Newsroom - A daily look at what's making news, airing live from
Atlanta. Anchored by Heidi Collins and Tony Harris (Weekday Mornings); Kyra
Phillips and Don Lemon (Weekday Afternoons); Betty Nguyen and TJ Holmes
(Weekend Mornings), Fredricka Whitfield (Weekend Afternoons); and Rick
Sanchez (Weekend Evenings). Weekend anchors also act as weekday substitutes
if need be.
* Your World Today - A CNN International program covering international news
in-depth.
* The Situation Room - A fast-paced look at the day's top stories, focusing
on politics and homeland security. Anchored by Wolf Blitzer.
* Lou Dobbs Tonight - A nightly news and discussion program; evolved from
Moneyline, a nightly business newscast.
* Paula Zahn Now - A look at the current issues affecting the world, with
former CBS and Fox News anchor Paula Zahn.
* Larry King Live - A nightly talk program, hosted by Larry King
* Anderson Cooper 360° - A fast-paced, nightly news program with former ABC
News reporter Anderson Cooper.
* Reliable Sources - A weekly talk program focusing on a critical look at
the media. Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz hosts and talks with a
panel of guests about how well the media covered the week's stories. Guests
usually include print, television, and Internet journalists.
* Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer - CNN's political talk show, similar to
CBS' Face the Nation or NBC's Meet the Press.
* House Call - A medically oriented program, hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
* This Week at War - An inside look at the week's developments in the war on
terror from CNN correspondents. Hosted by John Roberts.
* CNN Saturday Morning/CNN Sunday Morning - The network's weekend morning
news program. Anchored by Betty Nguyen and TJ Holmes.
* CNN Special Investigations Unit - Formerly known as "CNN Presents," "CNN:SIU"
is a long-form investigative series that features CNN correspondents
delivering in-depth, hour-long feature reports on current events and other
news worthy topics.
* Open House - A personal finance show with a focus on the housing market,
hosted by Gerri Willis
Weekday schedule
6:00 AM 9:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 4:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM
10:00 PM
MON - FRI American Morning CNN Newsroom Your World Today CNN Newsroom The
Situation Room Lou Dobbs Tonight The Situation Room Paula Zahn Now Larry
King Live Anderson Cooper 360°
Note: All times are in the Eastern Time Zone. From 12.00am - 6.00am Larry
King Live, Anderson Cooper 360° and Lou Dobbs Tonight are replayed
overnight.
Former shows
* Both Sides with Jesse Jackson - A political talk show, hosted by the civil
rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, that aired Sundays. The
show ran from 1992 to 2000.[7]
* The Capital Gang - One of cable news' longest running programs, focusing
on political news. Original panelists included Pat Buchanan, Al Hunt, Mark
Shields, and Robert Novak. When Buchanan left the network to run for
president, Margaret Carlson and then Kate O'Beirne became regular panelists.
The Capital Gang aired Saturday nights at 7 p.m. ET from 1988 to 2005.
* Crossfire - A political debate program, consisting of views from left-wing
and right-wing ideologies, that aired during prime time and daytime until
mid-2005. Originally hosted by Tom Braden and Pat Buchanan, other former
hosts included Robert Novak, Michael Kinsley, Tucker Carlson, James
Carville, Paul Begala, Geraldine Ferraro, Bay Buchanan, and Donna Brazile.
Crossfire was discontinued in 2005, with Klein denouncing the show as "just
two men screaming at each other."
* Evans and Novak - Saturday night political discussion program with Rowland
Evans and Robert Novak. The name changed to Evans, Novak, Hunt and Shields
in 1998 when Al Hunt and Mark Shields became permanent panelists. When Evans
left the show in 2001, the name changed to Novak, Hunt, and Shields for its
final year on CNN.
* Next@CNN - A scientific and technology oriented program hosted by Daniel
Sieberg. Aired on weekends. Despite its cancellation on CNN in the U.S., the
show continues to air new episodes on CNN International.
* Inside Politics - A political program that aired from 3:30–5 p.m. ET
weekdays. Replaced by The Situation Room in 2005.
* Wolf Blitzer Reports - A daily look at the day's stories that aired live
from Washington at 5 p.m. ET. Replaced by The Situation Room in 2005.
* NewsNight With Aaron Brown - A hard-news program anchored by Aaron Brown
which took an in-depth look at the main U.S. and international stories of
the day. Was axed from CNN's schedule on November 5, 2005, leading to
Brown's immediate resignation from the network.
* CNN Daybreak - A first look at the day's stories that aired live from New
York at 5 a.m. ET.
* CNN Sports Sunday - The first program on CNN. June 1, 1980. Co-anchored by
Bob Kurtz and Nick Charles.
* Connie Chung Tonight -- Hosted by Connie Chung. Cancelled in March 2003.
* Freeman Reports - one of the original programs from 1980. Host Sonja
Freeman interviewed guests and took live telephone call-ins regarding
current news events and other topics of interest. For a brief period the
program featured a live audience in Atlanta. Freeman's former time slot is
now occupied by Larry King.
* People Now - another original program. Host Lee Leonard interviewed
celebrities and discussed entertainment news in a one hour program live from
the CNN Los Angeles bureau. Leonard was replaced by Mike Douglas, who
himself was replaced by Bill Tush in December 1982.
* Computer Connection
* Future Watch
* Your Health
* Style with Elsa Klensch - weekly half hour on Saturday mornings featuring
news on style and fashion.
* Talk Back Live - A call-in talk show with a live audience hosted most
recently by Arthel Neville. Aired from 1994 to 2003.
* On the Story' '- CNN's interactive "week-in-review" series featuring an
in-depth look at the story behind some of the week's biggest stories.
Anchored by Ali Velshi. However, the show was suspended in June 2006, later
cancelled in July.
* Burden of Proof - A show that discussed legal issues of the day, hosted by
Greta Van Susteren and Roger Cossack.
* Newsstand
* Newshour
* Sonya / Sonya Live In LA - A weekday call-in show airing at 1PM Eastern in
the late 80's & Early 90s hosted by Dr. Sonya Friedman.
* CNN Live Today - Was a daily look at what's making news, airing live from
Atlanta at 10 a.m. ET on weekdays. Anchored by Daryn Kagan.
* Live From... - A lively look at the day's stories airing live from Atlanta
at 1 p.m. ET. Anchored by Kyra Phillips.
* CNN Live Saturday / CNN Live Sunday - A look at what's making news on the
weekends, airing live from Atlanta. Anchored by Fredricka Whitfield
12:00-6:00pm and Carol Lin 6:00-11:00pm. Replaced in 2006 by CNN Newsroom
Weekend.
* CNN Saturday Night/CNN Sunday Night - The network's weekend evening news
program, airing at 6 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET. Anchored by Carol Lin. Replaced
in 2006 by CNN Newsroom Weekend.
* People in the News - CNN's feature-format program with PEOPLE magazine
profiling newsmakers from politics, sports, business, medicine, and
entertainment. The program aired on the weekend and has hosted by Paula Zahn.
* Diplomatic License - Weekly program on CNNI hosted by Richard Roth,
focusing on the United Nations. The show ran from 1994 to 2006.
* CNN Presents - A program that featured various documentaries and
investigative reports by CNN correspondents. Aired on weekends. Repackaged
and relaunched as CNN: Special Investigations Unit (CNN:SIU) in February,
2007.
Specialized channels
* CNN Airport Network
* CNN en Español
* CNNfn (Financial network, closed in December 2004)
* CNN Headline News
* CNN International
* CNN Pipeline (24-hour multi-channel broadband online news service)
* CNN+ (a partner network in Spain, launched in 1999 with Sogecable)
* CNN Sports Illustrated (also known as CNNSI), the network's all-sports
channel, closed in 2002.
* CNN TÜRK
* CNN-IBN An Indian newschannel.
* CNNj
Personalities
Present
* Christiane Amanpour
* Becky Anderson
* Brooke Anderson
* Guillermo Arduino
* Kelli Arena
* Terry Baddoo
* Dana Bash
* Glenn Beck
* Paul Begala
* Todd Benjamin
* Satinder Bindra
* Jim Bittermann
* Wolf Blitzer
* Jim Boulden
* Andrew Brown
* Josie Burke
* Chris Burns
* Diego Bustos
* Sean Callebs
* Jack Cafferty
* Catherine Callaway
* Susan Candiotti
* Margaret Carlson
* Jason Carroll
* James Carville
* Matthew Chance
* Kiran Chetry
* Allan Chernoff
* Ryan Chilcote
* Alina Cho
* Rosemary Church
* Jim Clancy
* Elizabeth Cohen
* Heidi Collins
* Anderson Cooper
* Carol Costello
* Candy Crowley
* Arwa Damon
* Veronica De La Cruz
* Seth Doane
* Lou Dobbs
* David Ensor
* Deborah Feyerick
* Adrian Finighan
* Jaime Florcruz
* Tom Foreman
* Max Foster
* Mike Galanos
* Delia Gallagher
* Liz George
* Hala Gorani
* Nancy Grace
* Dr. Sanjay Gupta
* Thelma Gutierrez
* AJ Hammer
* Paula Hancocks
* Mike Hanna
* Tony Harris
* Jenny Harrison
* Sasha Herriman
* Susan Hendricks
* Ed Henry
* Erica Hill
* Michael Holmes
* T.J. Holmes
* Jacqui Jeras
* Joe Johns
* Kathleen Kennedy
* Mallika Kapur
* John King
* Larry King
* Andrea Koppel
* Howard Kurtz
* Maggie Lake
* Nicole Lapin
* Ed Lavandera
* Chris Lawrence
* Don Lemon
* Dan Lothian
* Suzanne Malveaux
* Jonathan Mann
* Rob Marciano
* David Mattingly
* Colleen McEdwards
* Jamie McIntyre
* Monica McNeal
* Robin Meade
* Jeanne Meserve
* Anthony Mills
* Ana Maria Montero
* Jeanne Moos
* Chad Myers
* Octavia E. Nasr
* Fritz Nivose
* Betty Nguyen
* Robin Oakley
* Kate O'Beirne
* Miles O'Brien
* Soledad O'Brien
* Christi Paul
* Karl Penhaul
* Kyra Phillips
* Kitty Pilgrim
* Frederik Pleitgen
* Richard Quest
* Elaine Quijano
* Monita Rajpal
* Aneesh Raman
* Mari Ramos
* Anjali Rao
* Shihab Rattansi
* Hugh Riminton
* Dan Rivers
* Chuck Roberts
* John Roberts
* Thomas Roberts
* Nic Robertson
* Christine Romans
* Susan Roesgen
* Richard Roth
* Ted Rowlands
* Brent Sadler
* Rick Sanchez
* Shakuntala Santhiran
* Jacki Schechner
* Bill Schneider
* Andrew Serwer
* Frank Sesno
* Mark Shields
* Atika Shubert
* Daniel Sieberg
* Mary Snow
* Barbara Starr
* Andrew Stevens
* Fionnuala Sweeney
* Lisa Sylvester
* Abbi Tatton
* Jeffrey Toobin
* Gary Tuchman
* Adaora Udoji
* Alphonso Van Marsh
* Sibila Vargas
* Ralitsa Vassileva
* John Vause
* Ali Velshi
* Zain Verjee
* Alessio Vinci
* Kelly Wallace
* Michael Ware
* Carlos Watson
* Ben Wedeman
* Harris Whitbek
* Fredricka Whitfield
* Gerri Willis
* Reynolds Wolf
* Kareen Wynter
* Eunice Yoon
* Paula Zahn
* John Zarrella
Past
* Roz Abrams - (Last seen at WCBS-TV)
* Natalie Allen - (Now with MSNBC)
* Aaron Arispe Sr.- (Retired)
* Aaron Arispe Jr.- (Now a NFL Football Player)
* Peter Arnett
* Jane Arraf - (Now with NBC News)
* Sharyl Atkisson - (Now with CBS News)
* Rudi Bakhtiar - (FOX News Channel)
* Bobbie Battista - (Headline News, CNN Daybreak, WorldDay, Newsday, The
WorldToday - www.Atamira.com)
* Ralph Begleiter
* Jason Bellini - (Now with Logo)
* Charles Bierbauer
* Richard Blystone - (Now with the International Herald Tribune)
* Mike Boettcher - (Now with NBC News)
* Tom Braden
* Rym Brahimi - (retired, married Arab prince)
* Aaron Brown - (Now professor at Arizona State University)
* Lyn Brown - (1984-1988)
* Pat Buchanan - (Now with MSNBC)
* Tony Campion - (now with BBC)
* Tucker Carlson - (Now with MSNBC)
* James Carville - (Now with XM radio and film producer - still a guest on
various CNN programs)
* Vince Cellini - (Now with the Golf Channel)
* Nick Charles - (Now with Showtime)
* Joie Chen - (Now with CBS News)
* Lynne Cheney
* Mike Chinoy - (Now with Pacific Council on International Policy [1]) and
also appears on ETTV America
* Sophia Choi
* Connie Chung
* Wesley Clark -(FOX News Channel)
* Reid Collins
* Roger Cossack - (now Legal Analyst on ESPN)
* Katie Couric - (Now with CBS News)
* Chris Curle
* Dan Dorfman
* Mike Douglas - (Deceased)
* Patrick Emory - (Retired)
* Don Farmer
* Sasha Foo - (KUSI, San Diego)
* Dr. Sonya Friedman
* David Goodnow
* Gordon Graham
* Jeff Greenfield - (now with CBS)
* Patrick Greenlaw - (CNN Daybreak, Morning News, Evening News, World News)
* Nick Gregory - (Now with WNYW-Fox)
* Leon Harris - (Now with WJLA-TV)
* Don Harrison - (deceased)
* Lois Hart- (Now with KCRA-TV and KQCA-TV; wife of former CNN alumni Dave
Walker)
* James Hattori - (Now with NBC News)
* Bill Hemmer - (FOX News Channel)
* Fred Hickman - (Now with ESPN)
* Maria Hinojosa - (Now with Now on PBS)
* John Holliman - (deceased)
* Andrew Holtz
* Jan Hopkins - (Now independent consultant)
* Jim Huber
* Al Hunt - (Now with Bloomberg)
* Jesse Jackson
* Brian Jenkins
* Daryn Kagan - (Now running Darynkagan.com, her own inspirational website)
* Myron Kandel- (Retired 2005)
* Donna Kelley - (CNN Morning News, Newsday)
* Sandy Kenyon - (PARADE Magazine, various radio & TV)
* Michael Kinsley
* Dennis Kirkpatrick
* Bob Kurtz - (First sports anchor, now a minister)
* Jeff Koinange - (left in May 2007)
* Steve Kosch - (CNN Weather-Now www.thevideoeditor.com)
* Sachi Koto - (left in 2005)
* Lawrence Kudlow - (Now with CNBC)
* Greg LaMotte - (Now with KULR-TV Billings, Montana)
* Larry LaMotte - (Deceased)
* Denise LeClair - An original CNN anchor and first Headline News anchor
* Lee Leonard
* Carol Lin - (Left December 30, 2006)
* Kirsten Lindquist
* Bob Losure - (Headline News anchor - www.boblosure.com)
* Tumi Makgabo
* Mary Matalin - (Now Republican political consultant)
* Deborah Marchini - (CNN BusinessMorning, BusinessDay, CNNFN)
* Miguel Marquez (Now with ABC News)
* Molly McCoy - (CNN EarlyBird News, Daybreak)
* Ann McDermott
* Dennis Michael
* Dave Michaels (Headline News, CNN DayWatch)
* Jim Moret - (Now with Inside Edition and professor at UCLA)
* Valerie Morris - (poised to host a financial literacy programme aimed at
woman and people with colour)
* Brian Nelson - (Now Boeing Communications Director At Kennedy Space Center
* Lucia Newman- (Now with Al Jazeera International as a correspondent based
in Buenos Aires)
* Lucy Noland- now at KHOU-TV In Texas
* Bryan Norcross - (Now with CBS)
* Robert Novak - (FOX News Channel)
* Joe Oliver - (Weekend news co-anchor/w Jeanne Meserve)
* Patti Paniccia
* Christina Park
* Natalie Pawelski
* Dan Patrick - (Now with ESPN)
* Veronica Pedrosa - (Now with Al-Jazeera International)
* Kathy Pepino
* Gene Randall - (Now media consultant)
* Dallas Raines - (Now with KABC-TV, Los Angeles)
* Maria Ressa - (Now with ABS-CBN, Philippines)
* Susan Rook - (retired)
* Sonia Ruseler
* Lynne Russell - (Now with CBC/Radio-Canada, anchoring for CBC Newsworld)
* Andrea Sanke - (Now evening anchor for the newly launched France24
English)
* Martin Savidge - (Now with NBC News)
* Daniel Schorr - (Now with NPR as Senior News Analyst)
* Bella Shaw - (now doing infomercials)
* Bernard Shaw - (retired)
* Orelon Sidney
* Kate Snow - (now with ABC-TV)
* Martin Soong - (now with CNBC Asia)
* Flip Spiceland - (Now with WXIA-NBC)
* Hannah Storm - (Now with CBS)
* Kathleen Sullivan
* John Sununu
* Sherri Sylvester
* Cal Thomas - (Now with Fox News Channel)
* Andrea Thompson
* Bill Tush - (Now free-lance reporter)
* Greta Van Susteren - (FOX News Channel)
* Stuart Varney - (FOX News Channel)
* Lynn Vaughn
* Robert Vito
* Valerie Voss
* Dave Walker - (Now with KCRA-TV and KQCA-TV; husband of former CNN alum
Lois Hart)
* Lou Waters
* Ralph Wenge
* Liz Wickersham
* Mary Alice Williams - (Now with WCBS News Radio)
* Judy Woodruff - (Bloomberg) and PBS
Bureaux
United States
* Atlanta (Headquarters)
* Boston
* Chicago
* Dallas
* Los Angeles
* Miami
* New Orleans
* New York City
* San Francisco
* Seattle, Washington
* Washington, D.C.
The "CNN Center" in Atlanta.
The "CNN Center" in Atlanta.
Worldwide
* Amman, Jordan (small bureau)
* Athens, Greece (small bureau)
* Baghdad, Iraq
* Bangkok, Thailand
* Berlin, Germany
* Beijing, China
* Beirut, Lebanon
* Bogotá, Colombia (small bureau)
* Brussels, Belgium (small bureau)
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Cairo, Egypt
* Dubai, United Arab Emirates (large bureau)
* Frankfurt, Germany (small bureau)
* Havana, Cuba
* Hong Kong, China (Asian regional headquarters)
* Islamabad, Pakistan
* Istanbul, Turkey
* Jakarta, Indonesia
* Jerusalem, Israel
* Johannesburg, South Africa
* Lagos, Nigeria
* London, United Kingdom (European regional headquarters)
* Madrid, Spain
* Manila, Philippines (small bureau)
* Mexico City, Mexico
* Moscow, Russia
* Nairobi, Kenya (small bureau)
* New Delhi, India
* Rome, Italy
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (small bureau)
* São Paulo, Brazil (small bureau)
* Seoul, South Korea
* Tokyo, Japan
Controversies
CNN has been accused of bias for allegedly promoting both a conservative and
a liberal agenda based on previous incidents. It has also been accused of
being slanted toward US interests when reporting on world conflicts and
wars.[specify][8] Critics such as LA Weekly say it is part of an alleged
pro-war news media. CNN denies any bias.
References
1. ^ Reese Schonfeld Bio. (January 29, 2001) MeAndTed.com. Accessed
2007-06-18.
2. ^ Charles Bierbauer, CNN senior Washington correspondent, discusses his
19-year career at CNN. (May 8, 2000). CNN.com. Accessed 2007-06-18.
3. ^ The State of the News Media 2007 : Audience. Project for Excellence in
Journalism. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
4. ^ American Television News: The Media Marketplace and the Public Interest
by Steve Michael Barkin, M.E. Sharpe, 2003
5. ^ CNN.com (September 11, 2001) Available at archive.org. Accessed
2007-06-18.
6. ^ "Gallup Polling Drops CNN After 'Low Ratings'". (March 21, 2006).
Drudge Report Available at archive.org. Accessed 2007-06-18.
7. ^ Rev. Jesse Jackson. (October 2001). RainbowPush.org. Accessed
2007-06-18.
8. ^ CNN Exposed, cnnEXPOSED.com
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