CNN Effect

CNN (Cable Network News) provided live coverage of the 1991 Gulf War, including Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991). Many Americans watched CNN for the latest…

CNNPC (CNN nickname)

The Cable News Network (now called CNN) began in 1980 as the first all-news 24-hour television network. . "MSNPC" (MSNBC + NPC) is a similar nickname. CNN has also been nicknamed the…

Complete Bull Shit (CBS nickname)

CBS (the initials of the original name of the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American broadcast television and radio network. "Complete Bull Shit" is an unflattering nickname based…

Crap Not News (CNN nickname)

The Cable News Network (CNN), a 24-hour cable news channel, was founded by Ted Turner and first broadcast on June 1, 1980. The unflattering CNN nickname of "Crap Not News" has been cited…

Err America (Air America nickname)

The Air America radio network began in March 2004 and ended in January 2010; it attempted to provide a liberal alternative to conservative talk radio. Critics of Air America nicknamed it "Err…

Eyewitness News

"Eyewitness News" was a term that was first popularly used in reporting World War II. In the 1960s, it became applied to television half-hour local news programs. "Eyewitness…