{"id":31062,"date":"2008-12-04T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:00:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:00:38","slug":"the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Story on Rush and CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: This is Sunday morning on Meet the Depressed. Tom Brokaw was interviewing the founder of CNN, Ted Turner. Brokaw said, &#8216;Did you think at some point during those early days of CNN that it was really a fool\u2019s mission, that you couldn\u2019t pull it off?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" class=\"alignright\"\/>TURNER: I thought through very carefully for several years and went over all the things that could go wrong. Because even before I started CNN I knew what the greatest threat to it would be and that was a right-wing news network and in fact Fox came along and was the greatest threat. And I had a solution to that, and that was Headline News. When I first heard that Fox was going to get started, I could have taken Headline News and transferred it over to a right-wing network and hired Rush Limbaugh and let it be the right-wing network and preempted Fox.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: It didn\u2019t happen. In fact, I\u2019ll tell you, there\u2019s a funny little story about this. Shortly after my TV show expired, we quit it after four years, that would be 1996, and Fox started in 1996, Ailes started Fox in 1996, and it was 1998 or \u201999, I forget which, CNN was floundering around trying to find some CEO to run the place. They hired Walter Isaacson who had been running the show over at TIME Magazine, and Isaacson had an emissary call me and say, &#8216;We want to consider having you on a Sunday morning show.\u2019 At the time they were doing their own little one-hour football pre-game show. They knew I liked football so, &#8216;We\u2019ll put you on the last 15 minutes of a football show and you\u2019ll have a Sunday morning show that you do leading into something else.\u2019 I listened to him. I met with him a couple times. And Roger found out about it, and he called me, &#8216;You going to CNN?\u2019 &#8216;No, I\u2019m just listening to them. You know what I think about television. I\u2019m just listening to them.\u2019 &#8216;If you do it, I\u2019m going to counter-program against you. I\u2019m going to have to kill you. I don\u2019t care. I might be your best friend, but if you go out &#8211;&#8216; &#8216;I\u2019m just talking to them.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>So Roger called Maureen Dowd and gave her a quote that lives to this day. He said, &#8216;I just heard that Isaacson is talking to Limbaugh. I guess he\u2019s had to hire his own security inside the CNN building,\u2019 because nobody else at CNN new about it, it was not a popular thing, and that shut it down, there were no more &#8212; (laughing) I can\u2019t laugh &#8212; there were no more talks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: This is Sunday morning on Meet the Depressed. Tom Brokaw was interviewing the founder of CNN, Ted Turner. Brokaw said, &#8216;Did you think at some point during those early days of CNN that it was really a fool\u2019s mission, that you couldn\u2019t pull it off?\u2019 TURNER: I thought through very carefully for several years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Real Story on Rush and CNN - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Real Story on Rush and CNN - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: This is Sunday morning on Meet the Depressed. Tom Brokaw was interviewing the founder of CNN, Ted Turner. Brokaw said, &#8216;Did you think at some point during those early days of CNN that it was really a fool\u2019s mission, that you couldn\u2019t pull it off?\u2019 TURNER: I thought through very carefully for several years [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/\",\"name\":\"The Real Story on Rush and CNN - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-19T03:00:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-19T03:00:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Real Story on Rush and CNN\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Real Story on Rush and CNN - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"The Real Story on Rush and CNN - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: This is Sunday morning on Meet the Depressed. Tom Brokaw was interviewing the founder of CNN, Ted Turner. Brokaw said, &#8216;Did you think at some point during those early days of CNN that it was really a fool\u2019s mission, that you couldn\u2019t pull it off?\u2019 TURNER: I thought through very carefully for several years [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/","name":"The Real Story on Rush and CNN - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2011-05-19T03:00:38+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-19T03:00:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/12\/04\/the_real_story_on_rush_and_cnn\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Real Story on Rush and CNN"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}