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CNN and the 24-hour news revolution

BBC World Service - The History Hour, CNN and the 24-hour news revolution

The launch of CNN, the end of Lebanon's civil war and making a film in Saddam's Iraq.

How the launch of CNN in 1980 transformed news and politics, plus the end of Lebanon's civil war and Saddam Hussein's plans to become a film mogul.

In June 1980, US media mogul Ted Turner launched the first TV station dedicated to 24 hour news, Cable News Network or CNN. We get a first-hand account of the early days of a channel that transformed news and politics. Plus, the end of Lebanon's civil war, the long fight for full voting rights for African-Americans and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's plan to become a film mogul.

(PHOTO: Ted Turner attends official CNN Launch event at CNN Techwood Drive World Headquarters in Atlanta Georgia, June 01, 1980 (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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