point that what mattered was, what kind of reporter are you? it took the christine craft incident, i think, to bring that conversation out into the open. >> this coming sunday, a new television network opens for business. cnn. cable news network. you are throwing all the dice on this one. >> why not? nothing ventured, nothing gained. >> well, on that original point, mr. turner, thank you very much, indeed. >> i wanted to see what was going on in the world. and there was no way that you could do it watching the regular television stations. the news only comes on at 6:00 and 10:00. but if there was news on 24 hours, people could watch it anytime. >> we signed on on june 1, and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. >> there was a widespread belief there was a fool's errand. how could this possibly find an audience? well, he did. >> ready, camera three. >> good evening.