CNN

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CNN
Country United States
Broadcast area
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Worldwide
Slogan
List
    • Go there
    • This is CNN
    • The most trusted name in news
    • Facts first
    • The worldwide leader in news
    • Reporting from around the world
    • The world's news leader
    • The world's news network
    • The world's most trusted name in news [1]
    • More people get their news from CNN than any other news source
Headquarters
Programming
Language(s) English
Picture format 1080i ( HDTV )
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner CNN Global
( Warner Bros. Discovery )
Key people
Sister channels
List
History
Launched June 1, 1980 ; 43 years ago  ( 1980-06-01 )
Links
Webcast CNNgo
Website cnn .com
Availability
Cable
Available on every US cable provider Channel slots vary on each operator
Satellite
DirecTV
  • Channel 202
  • Channel 1202 ( VOD )
Dish Network
  • Channel 200
  • Channel 9436
Bell Satellite TV (Canada)
  • Channel 500 (SD)
  • Channel 1578 (HD)
Shaw Direct (Canada)
  • Channel 140/500 (SD)
  • Channel 257/331 (HD)
DirecTV Channel 702
Channel 1702 (HD)
Tata Play (India) Channel 631 (HD) [2]
IPTV
AT&T U-verse
  • Channel 202 (SD)
  • Channel 1202 (HD)
Bell Fibe TV (Canada)
  • Channel 1500 (SD)
  • Channel 500 (HD)
Google Fiber Channel 101
VMedia (Canada) Channel 33 (HD)
Verizon FiOS
  • Channel 100 (SD)
  • Channel 600 (HD)
Streaming media
Hulu with Live TV , Sling TV , YouTube TV
Satellite radio
Sirius XM Channel 115

The Cable News Network ( CNN ) is an American cable news television channel . It was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner . [3] [4] The Cable News Network first aired on television on June 1, 1980. The Cable News Network's first newscast was anchored (hosted) by David Walker and his wife Lois Hart. [5] In its first year CNN hired many political analysts, including Rowland Evans and Robert Novak . [6] [7] [8] On January 1, 1982 CNN launched a 24-hour sister newscast channel with no talk shows or commentary shows called CNN2 . [9] CNN broadcasts programs from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta , or from the Deutsche Bank Center in New York City, or from studios in Washington, D.C. , and Los Angeles. CNN is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery , and the U.S. news channel is a part of the CNN Global .

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The hosts of its opinion shows are Don Lemon , Chris Cuomo , Fredricka Whitfield, Erin Burnett, Brianna Keiler and Brooke Baldwin.

CNN has been criticized by the right-wing Media Research Center for having a left-wing bias. [10] [11] According to that same Center, it is less to the left than the news divisions of ABC, NBC, and CBS. [12] It has been criticized by Arabs for having a pro-American bias. [13]

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  1. ↑ "The World's Most Trusted Name in News" . warnermediamarketing.com . Retrieved January 11, 2021 .
  2. ↑ "Channel List - Tata Sky" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2021 . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Reese Schonfeld Bio. Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (January 29, 2001) MeAndTed.com . Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  4. ↑ Charles Bierbauer, CNN senior Washington correspondent, discusses his 19-year career at CNN. (May 8, 2000). CNN.com . Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  5. ↑ "CNN's first broadcast: June 1, 1980" . Retrieved 2022-03-23 .
  6. ↑ "The Telegraph - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com . Retrieved 2022-03-23 .
  7. ↑ "Star-News - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com . Retrieved 2022-03-23 .
  8. ↑ Turner, Ted; Burke, Bill (2008). Call Me Ted . Grand Central Publishing. p. 126. ISBN   978-0-446-54336-1 .
  9. ↑ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search" . news.google.com . Retrieved 2022-03-23 .
  10. ↑ Limbaugh, David. "Clinton News Network" . Townhall . Archived from the original on 2019-07-11 . Retrieved 2019-02-11 .
  11. ↑ Matt Hadro (2013-03-08). " 'Clinton News Network': CNN Promotes Clinton's 'Surprising' Pro-Gay Marriage Op-Ed" . Media Research Center . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  12. ↑ Anonymous (7 August 2001). "CyberAlert -- 08/07/2001 -- "Dazzled" by "Candid" Clinton" . Media Research Center . Archived from the original on 1 May 2019 . Retrieved 11 February 2019 .
  13. ↑ http://jpupdates.com/2014/08/02/pro-palestinians-protest-outside-cnn-studios-bias-pro-israel-coverage-video/ [ permanent dead link ]

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