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31 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.

Alex Kronemer

Kronemer has made several appearances as a CNN commentator most notably during the network's historic live coverage of Hajj in 1998, which was broadcast to 400 million viewers.

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.

Carolyne Barry

Barry has been featured as a teaching authority in the The Hollywood Reporter, L.A. Reader, The Examiner, as well as on CNN, KHJ (AM), KTTV and numerous TV and Radio talk shows throughout the country.

Death of Neda Agha-Soltan

Ezzatollah Zarghami, the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, told the press on 4 July 2009 that the videos of Nedā's death were all made by BBC and CNN.

Dumas, Arkansas

The local Dumas police stated on CNN that "the feed mill was the local employer and now it is gone".

Emily Frances

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in communications and a minor in marketing from the Wharton School of Business, she joined the staff at CNN in Atlanta as a production assistant, and covered the Republican National Convention.

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.

Hotel Danieli

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

Jennifer Openshaw

She has been a frequent television contributor to the Fox Business Network, CNBC, CNN, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Good Morning America.

Kenny Bishop

He has been a regular performer on the Gaither Homecoming video series and radio program, and has performed on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, Fox News, C-SPAN, CNN, and PBS.

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.

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".

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.

Robert Siciliano

Siciliano has appeared on United States-based television programming such as "The Today Show," "Anderson Cooper 360°", CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, "Inside Edition," "Tyra Banks Show," "Sally Jesse Show," "Montel Williams," "Maury Povich Show," "Gayle King Show" and the "Howard Stern Show."

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.

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.

SpectorSoft

Spectorsoft products have been mentioned in many well known media outlets, including ZDNET, PC/Computing, Time, CNN, NBC Nightly News, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Spruce Pine, North Carolina

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

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.

VITAC

The company captions over 220,000 hours of programming each year for over 1400 customers, including cable channels CNN and MSNBC, cable network Discovery Communications, syndicated and cable productions for Fox and CBS Television Distribution, off-network productions for NBCUniversal and Warner Bros..

William R. Robinson

While scheduling a time for one of his clients to appear on CNN, Robinson decided to schedule a time for himself as well.

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.


Amber Lyon

Her report, presented on CNN, revealed how BP's use of dispersants was sinking the oil into the water column, turning it into what she called "hidden oil", that could not be cleaned up or skimmed out of the water.

Anand Naidoo

He joined CCTV America in July 12 after six years as an anchor for Al Jazeera English, and ten years CNN International's World News anchor prior.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai

After 9/11, he took leave without pay from the World Bank and engaged in intensive interaction with the media, appearing regularly on PBS's NewsHour as well as BBC, CNN, US National Public Radio, other broadcasters, and writing for major newspapers.

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.

Christine Romans

She is Chief Business Correspondent for CNN, and host of the weekend business TV show Your Money. She also reads headlines for Early Start and Starting Point.

CNN Sports Illustrated

Though CNN/SI could boast of exclusives such as the tape of Indiana University player Neil Reed, appearing to be choked by former coach Bob Knight, the channel reached about only 20 million homes, not enough to receive a rating by Nielsen Media Research, which was a killer with sponsors.

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.

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".

Dog Brothers

The group has appeared many times on national and international TV including FOX Files, the Fox Evening News, CNN, and more such as Time Warp, demonstrating strikes and blows as well as sparring.

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.

Harris Whitbeck

Since joining CNN in 1991, Whitbeck has reported on worldwide events including the war in Iraq and its aftermath, the U.S. led war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, the 2004 Haitian coup d'état, the rebellion in Chiapas, several papal visits to Latin America and the hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima.

Heart Support of America

It was listed as one of "America's worst charities" in a 2013 Tampa Bay Times/CNN/Center for Investigative Reporting report because of its fundraising and spending practices.

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.

Janice Langbehn

Following Langbehn’s phone call with President Obama, she spoke live to CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper on the show Anderson Cooper 360°.

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.

Judith Briles

She is a frequent guest on national television and radio and has appeared on programs including CNN, CNNfn, Oprah, John Gray, MSNBC and Good Morning America.

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.

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.

Kitty Pilgrim

Pilgrim also served as a correspondent for CNN's Southeast Bureau and was the lead correspondent in CNN's coverage of the Birmingham, Alabama anti-abortion violence in 1998 and the subsequent hunt for suspect Eric Rudolph.

Malcom Glenn

In late October, he moderated a panel at Harvard about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin featuring, among others, GOP media consultant and CNN contributor Alex Castellanos.

Margaret Lowrie

She is married to CNN Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson.

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.

Ooredoo

Ooredoo introduced DVB-H service to the Middle East, delivering real-time “Mobile TV broadcast” that captures up to 13 channels like Al-Jazeera, CNN, and CNBC through mobile handsets.

Palm Bay, Florida

David Gewirtz, CNN columnist, cyberterrorism advisor, presidential scholar.

Robert Kotler

As a spokesperson for cosmetic surgeons, he regularly appears on radio and television, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News; on such shows as Oprah, Deborah Norville Tonight, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Your World with Neil Cavuto, EXTRA, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.

Samsung GT-B7330

From this device's default home screen, the user can check the weather, play songs, update CNN headlines, view photos, configure device settings, and go to social-networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, and YouTube.

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.

Stuart Rothenberg

In addition to his writing, he has been frequently featured in news broadcasts and worked with CNN as a political analyst for over ten years.

StudentLoanJustice.org

StudentLoanJustice.org or its members have been covered by a number of newspapers, radio, and television shows, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, The National Review, The Wall Street Journal, Public Broadcasting System, Fortune Magazine, Businessweek, Fox Television, CNN, CBS News, Democracy Now!, The Chicago Sun-Times, and others.

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.

Telestream

Many media and entertainment companies such as CBS, BBC, CNN, Fox, CBC, Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner, MTV, Discovery, and Lifetime, as well as a number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media.

The Rebelution

Alex and Brett Harris have been featured nationally on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and in The New York Times.

Virtual incumbent

John Fund described Obama as the "quasi-incumbent" on CNN Late Edition on November 2, 2008, by which he also meant that the election had become "referendum on Barack Obama".

Vivacom

In addition to the three main stations, the Bulgarian National TV (BNT), bTV and Nova Televizia, the package includes bTV Cinema, bTV Action, bTV Comedy, Fox Life, Diema, CNN, Euronews, DW; the sports channels Eurosport and RING.bg; Fiesta TV, Animal Planet; the musical channels MAD, City TV, T rock, Planeta Folk, Fen TV, Balkanika; and the children's channels Е-KIDS and Super 7, among others.

WEZB

Cami McCormick (news director & host of the "B-97's 60-Second News Update;" worked alongside "Cajun" Ken Cooper in the mornings, and later "Walton & Johnson". Left for Moscow in 1991 to do an all-English radio show until its end in 1994, then became a CNN reporter. Now a dedicated journalist with CBS news. Received three Edward R. Murrow awards, as well as two Gracie Allen Awards, among others)

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.

Ziad Asali

He has provided television commentary and interviews for CNN, CBS, Charlie Rose, MSNBC, Fox News, BBC, C-SPAN, Voice of America and numerous syndicated cable programs.

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.