During its early years it struggled to achieve the success and credibility of older news agencies, such as the [[BBC]]. However it achieved a great deal of recognition during its coverage of the first Gulf War during which it was the only news agency reporting during the initial night of the war. These events led to a movie, ''Live from Baghdad'', which portrays the events. In September 2010, head of its U.S. network Jon Klein was fired. <ref>http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Coursetexts/gulf-war-arnett.html</ref>
== Well known bias Bias ==
[[Conservative media]] critics, amongst other groups, rightly accuse CNN of promoting the [[Liberalism | liberal agenda]] with slant reporting, <ref>http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/13</ref> mock and insult members of the [[Tea Party Movement]]. <ref>[http://www.breitbart.tv/update-chicago-tea-party-crowd-confronts-cnn-reporter-after-hostile-interview/ UPDATE: CHICAGO TEA PARTY CROWD CONFRONTS CNN REPORTER AFTER HOSTILE INTERVIEW, Breitbart.tv, April 15, 2009]</ref> Their coverage of the US Election of 2012 has also made alarm bells ring in the minds of true journalists. CNN has support the far-left [[Occupy Wall Street]] movement.<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/14/opinion/rushkoff-occupy-debt/index.html</ref> [[Van Jones]] is also a contributor on CNN.