CNN Turns 40

     It's hard to recall a time when we didn't have 24 hour a day news coverage. On June 1st of this year, CNN will mark its 40th year in existence. Ted Turner, known as ‘Terrible Ted’, ‘Captain Outrageous’, and ‘Mouth of the South’ put his money on the line and gave us a terrific idea. The old idea of tuning into Walter Cronkite at the usual time had pretty much played itself out. Not that 24 hour coverage is perfect. as we get a lot of repeated broadcasts and reporting on what people are tweeting or what the NY Times has written. It's not exactly Woodward and Bernstein investigating the Watergate cover-up. I do like CNN when they have boots on the ground and are filming live events as they happen. This is where they shine because there's no need to worry about cutting into local programming or even a commercial break. I think that's what Ted Turner had in mind when he started this gambit.