CNN, under Ted Turner throughout the 1980s and 1990s, aspired to be about news first, not personality.
“I miss the way news used to be when I did it,” said Lyn Vaughn, an anchor for CNN’s former sister station Headline News from 1984 to 1998. “The focus ought to be what’s happening, not which slant you have. It’s all about the truth.”
But 2023 isn’t 1993. CNN faces a very different media ecosystem than it did during Turner’s heyday.
