<p>June 1, 1980. Ted Turner flipped a switch in a cluttered Atlanta control room and launched CNN — the world's first 24-hour news network. "We won't be signing off until the world ends," he declared.</p><p>Forty-five years later, CNN's fate is uncertain, trust in media has collapsed, and the line between news and noise has all but disappeared. How did we get here?</p><p>Breaking the News is an independent podcast project from Bookmark Media that traces the arc from Turner's audacious vision to the fractured media landscape of today — through decades of corporate mergers, digital disruption, the rise of partisan echo chambers, and the political weaponization of the press.</p><p>This feed features our Deep Cut conversations — in-depth video-podcast interviews with the journalists, executives, and thinkers who lived this transformation from the inside. Our guests include former CNN executives, award-winning correspondents and anchors, bestselling authors, and leading voices on media trus
