Could you go back into that environment today or what was the formula that allowed you to exist for three decades . Did you have a particular relationship with ted turner or just enlighten us a little bit for the developments. Its helpful that i joined cnn 1980 at the beginning. I was one of the founders of cnn, one of the fortunate ones who was there from the you know, i was present at the creation as they say, and it was a spectacular place to work as we built it because it was something unthought of before ted turner. The global cable newscast and he put it into action and institutionalized it. It was really truly remarkable. But it changed over time, as these things do. And we founded it in 1980. By 1984 ted was on the forbes most, you know, the wealthiest list and it been basically on the verge of bankruptcy just four years earlier when he founded it. So his position changed, so did ours, suddenly were in the white house pool, were growing, and over time his commitment, teds commi
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