We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the transformative impact of Ted Turner's CNN on global news and media.
Christiane Amanpour reflects on the significant shift in the landscape of news brought about by Ted Turner's creation of CNN. The phrase 'changed the world' emphasizes the revolutionary nature of 24-hour news coverage, which not only altered how information is disseminated but also shaped public perception and engagement with global events.
In practice
During a presentation on media innovations, one could quote this to highlight the importance of CNN.
Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an equal hearing, but in cases of genocide you can't just be neutral. You can't just say, 'Well, this little boy was shot in the head and killed in besieged Sarajevo and that guy over there did it, but maybe he was upset because he had an argument with his wife.' No, there is no equality there, and we had to tell the truth.
I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.
And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.
Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.
We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.
It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to evolutionary and psychological transformation as the cracking of outgrown shells.
Black Power was really a major challenge to the social privileges and structures of the kind of privilege that I had grown up with. That whole belief... that you will only be able to advance if you are perfectly behaved, if you present yourself as what white people would consider an ideal of whiteness... all of that just began to burst open.
Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!
There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now.
To change bad habits, we must study the habits of successful role models.
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