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Mike in MD's avatar

Turner sold CNN in 1996, but even before then some of their coverage choices seemed dubious from anything but a ratings perspective. A key development may have been the gavel to gavel coverage of the OJ Simpson trial in 1994-95--as if it were the single most important news story in the world for over a year.

Of course it was mostly downhill from there, with some good moments and reverses. I think it really became a shitshow under Jeff Zucker.

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