>> it was important to make the point that what mattered was, what kind of reporter are you? but it took the christine craft incident, i think, to bring that conversation out into the open. >> this coming sundaym a new television network opens for business. cnn. cable news network. >> you're 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 a wide belief, this was a fool's errand. how can this possibly find an audience? well, he did. >> ready camera 3 --