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Contents
History
Early history
Major events
Gulf War
September 11 attacks
2008 U.S. election
2016 U.S. election
Trump presidency, AT&T ownership
2018–present: under WarnerMedia
Programming
On-air presentation
Staff
Other platforms
Website
Blogs
Other digital offerings
Japan
Beme
Films
Radio
Specialized channels
Former channels
Experiments
Bureaus
United States
Worldwide
Awards and honors
See also
References
External links

Content: CNN ranks 14th among all basic cable networks. The network is known for its dramatic live coverage of breaking news, some of which has drawn criticism as overly sensationalistic, and for its efforts to be nonpartisan, which have led to accusations of false balance. Globally, CNN programming has aired through CNN International, seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories; since May 2019 however, the US domestic version has absorbed international news coverage in order to streamline programming expenses. The American version, sometimes referred to as CNN (US), is also available in Canada, some islands of the Caribbean and in Japan, where it was first broadcast on CNNj in 2003, with simultaneous translation in Japanese. Contents
1 History
1.1 Early history
1.2 Major events
1.2.1 Gulf War
1.2.2 September 11 attacks
1.2.3 2008 U.S. election
1.2.4 2016 U.S. election
1.3 Trump presidency, AT&T ownership
1.4 2018–present: under WarnerMedia
2 Programming
2.1 On-air presentation
3 Staff
4 Other platforms
4.1 Website
4.2 Blogs
4.3 Other digital offerings
4.4 Japan
4.5 Beme
4.6 Films
4.7 Radio
5 Specialized channels
5.1 Former channels
5.2 Experiments
6 Bureaus
6.1 Worldwide
7 Awards and honors
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
History
Early history
Main article: History of CNN (1980–2003)
The Cable News Network was launched at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 1980. After an introduction by Ted Turner, the husband and wife team of David Walker and Lois Hart anchored the channel's first newscast. Burt Reinhardt, the executive vice president of CNN at its launch, hired most of the channel's first 200 employees, including the network's first news anchor, Bernard Shaw.