Making the News - Ted Turner and CNN | Author Lisa Napoli discusses CNN’s impact on American television and culture | 5
Business Movers
Wondery
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Journalist and author Lisa Napoli explores how CNN pioneered a new form of television news, and the role played by media mogul Ted Turner in the channel’s early history.
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| 0:14.3 | Wonderly. |
| 0:15.0 | The Wondry! It's August 2nd, 1990, outside the Atlanta Yacht Club in Georgia. |
| 0:34.1 | 51-year-old Ted Turner stands on a jetty, his eyes closed, listening to the gentle lap of the waves and soaking in the warm morning sun. |
| 0:42.3 | But his moment of peace is soon broken. |
| 0:45.1 | Ted opens his eyes to see a man in a business suit, hurrying along the jetty toward him. |
| 0:50.4 | A few weeks ago, Ted appointed Tom Johnson as the new president of CNN. It's only Tom's second day on the job, but he's already been handed one of the biggest stories of the decade. It's been up all night dealing with it, and it shows his suit is disheveled and his eyes are red. When he reaches Ted, Tom stops to catch his breath. Sorry I'm late, Ted. |
| 1:11.8 | Busy night at the office? |
| 1:13.3 | Well, you could say that. |
| 1:14.6 | What's the latest? |
| 1:15.6 | Well, it looks like the invasion's already over. |
| 1:17.7 | The Iraqis have taken Kuwait City. |
| 1:19.7 | There was no resistance? |
| 1:21.4 | The Iraqi army has over a million troops. |
| 1:23.3 | The Kuwaitis have barely 20,000. |
| 1:25.5 | It's a miracle they lasted even a few hours. So Saddam Hussein is just |
| 1:29.7 | one? Well, for now, Washington and London are rattling their sabres. I expect there'll be American |
| 1:35.3 | boots on the ground before Christmas. And CNN reporters, too. Well, that's the plan. Ted, this could be |
| 1:41.1 | the biggest story CNN has ever covered. I need to know what kind of budget I'll be working with. |
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