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