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==History==
==History==
CNN was founded by media mogul Ted Turner and made its debut on June 1, 1980 as the first 24-hour news network.<ref>[http://www.turner.com/about/corporate_history.html]</ref>
CNN was founded by media mogul Ted Turner and made its debut on June 1, 1980 as the first 24-hour news network.<ref>[http://www.turner.com/about/corporate_history.html]</ref>
During its early years it struggled to achieve the success and credibility of older news agencies, such as the news divisions of ABC, NBC, CBS, and [[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> Ted Turner has sold CNN to Time Warner. Turner, a far-leftist, spent his fortune, not creating jobs, but buying land so he could ride his horse from Canada to Mexico.
During its early years it struggled to achieve the success and credibility of older news agencies, such as the news divisions of ABC, NBC, CBS, and [[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> Ted Turner has sold CNN to Time Warner. Turner, a [[far-leftist]], spent his fortune, not creating jobs, but buying land so he could ride his horse from Canada to Mexico.
In January 2017, after a long string of false news reporting, exaggerations, and outright lies spanning months, President-Elect [[Donald Trump]] refused a question from the organization in a worldwide televised press conference, declaring, "You are [[fake news]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/G6RHIhn_T6w</ref>
In January 2017, after a long string of false news reporting, exaggerations, and outright lies spanning months, President-Elect [[Donald Trump]] refused a question from the organization in a worldwide televised press conference, declaring, "You are [[fake news]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/G6RHIhn_T6w</ref>