to good journalism, i think we've got something to be happy about. >> it was important to make the point that what mattered was, what's kind of reporter are you? but 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. faint heart ne'er won fair lady. >> 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. news only comes on at 6:00 and 10:00. but if there was news on 24 hours, people could watch it any time. >> we decided on june 1 and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. >> it was widely believed it was a fool's errand. how can this possibly find an audience?