During the
Presidential Election year of 1980, CNN (Cable News Network) launched from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on June 1, 1980 anchored by husband and wife team, Dave Walker and Lois Hart – and the 24-hour news cycle began. Their leading story was the May 29, 1980 attempted assassination of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and President Carter arriving to visit him during Jordan’s
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Ethics Scandal now but here’s CNN First Hour: June 1, 1980
July 6, 2017: now embroiled in an ethics-challenging blackmail scandal, Cable News Network (CNN) began its on-air life with a reasonable amount of credibility on June 1, 1980 5:00 pm edt NYC. Here’s a video of its first hour which opens with a broadcast tone you may wish to mute but the jabber soon begins:
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As you know, ’twas the quirky Sun Scorpio-Moon