tonight, television takes a look at itself. what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. at this period of time will be looked upon as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire televisi
don t touch that dial. we re about to flip it for you. in 5, 4, 3, 2. tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. there s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. people are really trying to do something adventurous. channel 7, shame on you! this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. there s always something on television and some of it may be better than we deserve. ha ha ha. that was cool. listen to it. ugh. they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. goodbye to the 80s in 10, 9. 8, 8, 8, 8. oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! hooray! and the simpsons, i think in some senses was inspired by, uh, not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to
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the world. i m paula newton. ahead here on cnn newsroom, another mass shooting in america, this time in texas where at least eight people are dead after a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall. a new weapon enters the battlefield in ukraine. the country saying it used an american made patriot system to take down a russian missile flying ten times the speed of sound. plus a celebration that, yes, for a king. charles iii crowned in a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry. we ll have the highlights and break down the celebration yet to come. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. and we do begin in texas where eight people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in america. authorities say a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall near dallas on saturday. and it happened as dozens of people you could imagine they were just out shopping for the day. one witness filmed the horrifying scenes from the rampage, which we warn you, may be d
on the whole story. i blame johnson & johnson baby powder. we have never confirmed a finding of asbestos in any product that has been sold. do you consider it an abuse of bankruptcy law? i do. what johnson ask johnson did. i definitely do. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. tonight, cnn chief investigative correspondent pamela brown brings us the story of three women in legal battles with one of the largest health care companies in the world over a commonly used household item they say is responsible for causing their cancers. that product is johnson & johnson talcum baby powder. for more than a century, the name johnson & johnson was synonymous with baby powder. the lawsuit from these women claimed the powder contained asbestos. and these are just three out of tens of thousands of lawsuits johnson & johnson is facing over this product, which was discontinued in the u.s. and canada in 2020. johnson & johnson staunchly denies these claims, and