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24 unusual facts about CNN


2001 in Irish television

11 September – Coverage from CNN, the American cable news channel, is first aired on TV3 News as events from the United States are broadcast around the world following the September 11 attacks.

2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting

The Chicago O'Hare airport UFO story was picked up by various major mainstream media groups such as CNN, CBS, MSNBC, Fox News, The Chicago Tribune, and NPR.

2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions

Matthew Rojansky, on CNN, suggested several possible motivations for the attack, ranging from random acts of violence, or the work of gangs from Ukraine’s criminal underworld and endlessly feuding oligarchs, to international terrorism linked to al-Qa'eda, up to the eventual involvement of Russian secret services.

Amber Kelleher-Andrews

In addition to her role as CEO, Kelleher-Andrews serves as an expert relationship consultant for several media outlets including CNN, Good Morning America, the Today Show, NBC News, GMTV and the BBC.

Arnoldo Torres

He has been a guest on Firing Line, Crossfire, CBS Morning News, Phil Donohue, CNN, and Spanish-language networks Univision, Telemundo and TV Azteca.

Black World Wide Web protest

The campaign was noted by major media such as the CNN, TIME magazine and The New York Times.

CNN opera

The, somewhat deprecatory, term CNN opera alludes to Cable News Network, CNN.

Evans Wadongo

His fellow inaugural recipients of this award were Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and Ted Turner, media mogul and founder of CNN.

Evans Wadongo and his story have been featured on CNN, BBC, AFP, The New Yorker, China Central Television, Reuters, France 24, Discovery Channel, MBC South Korea, Deutsche Welle, German Radio, Russian State TV, Huffington Post among other international media channels.

Harrison County, Mississippi

Harrison County has received coverage on CNN and other media regarding the beatings of inmates, and the death of inmate Jessie Lee Williams Jr., who died while in custody on Feb. 4, 2006, which have occurred in the Harrison County Jail in Gulfport, Mississippi.

HB1804

In November 2007, CNN reported that many in Oklahoma's Latino community were staying home, fearful that police would arrest and deport them, and that this was impacting heavily on local businesses.

Mass surveillance in China

The Wall Street Journal and CNN also said they had been the targets of cyber attacks from China.

Nuclear proliferation

In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Ahmadinejad said that Iran was "against 'nuclear apartheid,' which means some have the right to possess it, use the fuel, and then sell it to another country for 10 times its value. We're against that. We say clean energy is the right of all countries. But also it is the duty and the responsibility of all countries, including ours, to set up frameworks to stop the proliferation of it."

Operation Looking Glass

However, as indicated by MGen Don Shepherd (Ret.), speaking on CNN on September 12, 2007, the plane circling the White House on 9/11 resembled an E-4B which was likely launched from Nightwatch ground alert at Andrews Air Force Base.

Philip I. Kent

Mr. Kent is responsible for TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, Boomerang, TNT Latin America, Cartoon Network Latin America, TCM & Cartoon Network in Europe, TCM & Cartoon Network in Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network Japan, CNN News Group, which includes CNN/U.S., CNN Headline News, CNN International, CNNfn, CNN Radio, CNN Newsource, CNN Airport Network and CNN.com.

Regina Lewis

She first appeared on national TV in 1999 on the CBS Early Show, later assuming a full-time role as an expert commentator for several national network and cable programs, including Today, The View, ABC World News This Morning, Fox News Channel, and CNN Headline News.

Richard Jewell

Although CNN settled with Jewell for an undisclosed monetary amount, CNN maintained its coverage was fair and accurate.

Slavery in Sudan

According to CNN, many groups in the United States have expressed concern about slavery and religious oppression in Sudan, putting pressure on the Bush administration to take action.

Telecommunications in Nauru

One station is government-owned and mainly rebroadcasts CNN and the other is a private sports network.

The Mall at Steamtown

Its opening in 1993 was nationally televised on CNN and attended by then-Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey, Sr., who was instrumental in securing funding for and initiating development of the mall.

Tom Cruise Purple

Media commentators for The Toronto Star, Gawker, and the CNN program Showbiz Tonight analyzed the matter, and the product was the subject of a parody on a satirical website.

York Community Access Television

The television service expanded as more cable television offerings increased over the years with the start of services such as HBO, Showtime, CNN, the Disney Channel, TBS, Lifetime and ESPN.

Yoshihiro Tsurumi

Shortly before the 2004 U.S. presidential election, Tsurumi appeared on various media outlets (such as CNN and Air America) and reported remembering Bush telling him that family friends had helped get him into the Texas Air National Guard.

Zorpia

Zorpia has been recognized by CNN, China Daily, the biggest English-language newspaper in China, and it has been featured in Phoenix Television's A Date with Luyu.


6711 Holliman

It is named in honor of John Holliman, a CNN journalist, who brought his enthusiasm and love of space adventure to the general public.

Alex Linder

The ADL reports that he graduated with a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California, in 1988, then worked as a researcher for CNN on the Evans & Novak political show, and then at The American Spectator.

Animals Asia Foundation

Animals Asia Foundation has been profiled on CNN, NPR, Animal Planet, the BBC, the National Geographic Channel, as well as in print media in several countries.

Beverly Engel

She has appeared on: CNN, Oprah!, Sally Jesse Raphael, Ricki Lake, and Leeza, and is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences throughout the United States and Canada.

Biomonitoring

The issue of exposure to environmental chemicals has received attention as a result of televised reports by Bill Moyers for PBS and Anderson Cooper for CNN's "Planet in Peril" series.

Blake LeVine

As a child, he was featured on Entertainment Tonight, Maury Povich, The Jon Stewart Show, CNN, The New York Post, Premiere Magazine, The Los Angeles Times and numerous radio programs about his experiences collecting autographs from celebrities including Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, Brad Pitt, Frank Sinatra and over 1,000 notables.

Blogosphere

Political blogs are often tied to a large media or news corporation, such as "The Caucus" (affiliated with The New York Times), "CNN Political Ticker", and the National Reviews "The Corner."

Bus monitor bullying video

On his show Anderson Cooper 360°, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper announced that Southwest Airlines offered to pay for a trip for Klein and nine people of her choice to Disneyland for a three-night visit.

Collegiate Network

CN alumni include the editor of National Review Rich Lowry, CNN and ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, and best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza.

Daniel Viotto

He joined CNN in 1997, and since covered many events such as the Kosovo War, the liberation of Augusto Pinochet in London, and the return of Cuban boy Elián González to his country.

David C. Turnley

In addition to publishing numerous books,he has directed an Emmy-nominated documentary for CNN on the Dalai Lama, and a feature length documentary set in Cuban dance hall, "La Tropical".

Edward M. Bernstein

The Ed Bernstein Show is a talk show that has featured such noteworthy guests as former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, former boxing great George Foreman, actor Anthony Hopkins, CNN correspondent Wolf Blitzer, as well as a bevy of entertainers such as Kelsey Grammer, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Urich, Regis Philbin, Leslie Nielsen, and many more.

Electronic colonialism

Disney, MTV, Blockbuster, Hollywood, CNN, BBC, Fox, Google, the Internet, and others--all seek to influence, not by force of arms, but by packaging media to attract large audiences for advertisers around the globe.

Hotel Danieli

CNN cites it as one of the top five "lavish hotels" in the city.

Indre Viskontas

Viskontas has appeared on several other television shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, Access Hollywood, E!, and TV Guide.

Insight on the News

Soon after Insight's story, CNN reporter John Vause visited State Elementary School Menteng 01, a secular public school which Obama had attended for one year after attending a Roman Catholic school for three, and found that each student received two hours of religious instruction per week in his or her own faith.

Joel Stern

He also has appeared on national business news programs, including CNN’s Moneyline and Wall Street Week, where he was a rotating panelist for 17 years.

Jon L. Mills

He has appeared on CNN's "Burden of Proof," Public Television's "Lehr Report," National Public Radio, ABC, BBC and other media.

June Arunga

The 4-hour program of films, music and speakers included Queen Noor of Jordan, CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Dave Stewart and friends, Gilberto Gil, and Iranian rock phenoms Hypernova.

Keith Kerr

On November 29, 2007, Kerr submitted a YouTube video that was used as a question in the Republican Presidential Debate in St. Petersburg, Florida on CNN.

Ken Jautz

He was named executive vice president of CNN-US in September 2010, and now reports to CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker.

Kevin Sites

Sites is often cited by former CNN anchor Daryn Kagan in media stories as her inspiration to launch her eponymous web site, DarynKagan.com.

Laura Mansfield

Mansfield frequently appears on a wide array of mainly-US networks such as CNN and CNN International, FoxNews, Fox News UK, Israel National Radio, BBC, and CBN as well as numerous radio stations across the US such as KGO Radio News in San Francisco, America at Night, WDEL, WFED, WTOP, the Laurie Roth Show, the Tom Bauerle Show, and the Carl Wigglesworth Show, as well as working for many unnamed Fortune 500 companies.

Lee H. Pappas

CNN, USA Today, dozens of magazines, newspapers and websites have run pieces with his comments and opinions on the world of consumer electronics and computers.

Marlen Esparza

Esparza was the subject of Soledad O'Brien's 2011 CNN documentary In Her Corner: Latino in America 2.

Michaela Gagne

Gagne has been interviewed nationally on CNN, Fox News and Inside Edition, as well as being featured in various publications including USA Today, Newsweek online (personally written article) and The Boston Globe.

Mr. Bill

On May 27, 2004 CNN showed a segment with Mr. Bill being 'evacuated' from a New Orleans roof the year before Katrina.

Names of Burma

In spite of the usage by the US government, American news outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune and CNN, and US-based international news agencies the Associated Press and Reuters have adopted the name "Myanmar".

Nancy Glass

When not overseeing her company, Nancy Glass Productions, Glass has appeared as a guest or guest-host on such programs as The Daily Show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNN Larry King Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, CBS Morning News, Hollywood Squares, Court TV, MSNBC and as a host on WOR-radio in New York City.

Planet in Peril

CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin investigate the current state of our planet, focusing on four major areas: global warming, overpopulation, deforestation and species loss.

Rajdeep Sardesai

He is married to Sagarika Ghose, a journalist and fellow senior editor and anchor at CNN-IBN, since 1994.

Rena Golden

Rena Golden (30 March 1961 – 20 March 2013) was an Indian born American journalist working for CNN and the Weather Channel.

Sandra Mackey

In addition to appearing on NPR, Nightline, BBC, and ABC News with Peter Jennings, Mackey also served as a commentator on the first Gulf War for CNN.

Sara Sidner

Currently, she is an international correspondent for CNN, based in New Delhi.

Sergeant Lacey

Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Healy told CNN, on December 8, 2004, that Sergeant Lacey's conduct was under investigation.

Simon Jacobson

He has been interviewed on over 300 radio and TV shows, including CNN with Larry King, Charlie Rose, and the CBS News Show “The Best of Us.”

Sonny Angara

He was one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines awardees for 2010, along with Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano, 2009 CNN Hero Efren Peñaflorida, and a cousin of President Benigno S. Aquino III.

South Windsor High School

The competition features a $100,000 top prize, and the brothers were interviewed by several media outlets, including CNN's Paula Zahn.

Spruce Pine, North Carolina

The town was featured on the May 15, 2009 television episode of CNN Money Summit with Anderson Cooper.

Steve Brozak

Mr. Brozak is frequently interviewed and quoted by such media sources as the Associated Press, ABC, Barron's, Bloomberg, CNN, Forbes, Dow Jones, Reuters, SmartMoney, TheStreet.com, and The Wall Street Journal.

Steven George Mandis

CNN reported on Mr. Steven Mandis volunteering to teach underprivileged high school students in Harlem, New York about financial responsibility.

Team Tiger

He has been featured on national television programs, including: Dr. Oz, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Anderson Cooper 360, NBC and ABC affiliates and was a featured speaker at the Georgia Children’s Health Alliance ‘Refocus’ Launch.

The Week That Wasn't

The Week That Wasn't is an Indian satirical late night television programme hosted by Cyrus Broacha and shown on the CNN-IBN channel.

Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Ash-har Quraishi, broadcast journalist; formerly CNN's bureau chief in Islamabad.

Wildlife Alliance

CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° series, Planet in Peril, features Wildlife Alliance programs in Thailand and Cambodia, including Care for Rescued Wildlife, Bokor National Park, and efforts to stop the illegal wildlife trade in Asia.

WTOP-FM

Among those working for WTOP during this time were Sam Donaldson, later on ABC-TV; Jim Bohannon, who took Larry King's place on his all-night radio network talk show after King went to CNN; and including Ralph Begleiter and Jamie MacIntyre, both of whom went to CNN.