and there was no way that you could do it watching the regular television stations. the news only comes on at 6:00 and 10:00. but if there was news on 24 hours, people could watch it any time. we sign on on june 1 and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. greenfield: there was a widespread belief this was a fool's errand. how can this possibly find an audience? well, he did. ready camera three. one center up. good evening. i'm david walker. and i'm lois harp. now here's the news. president carter has arrived... television news before this was stuff that had already happened. for the first time, cnn brought the world to people in real time. announcer: cnn -- the world's most important network. turner: i didn't do cable news network because somebody told me it couldn't be done. i figured it was a very viable concept and i went ahead and did it. it was after we announced that we were going to do it
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