# The 24-hour news cycle began thirty one years ago today.

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**Created:** [June 1, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-hour-news-cycle-began-thirty-one-years-ago-today/583974 "2011-06-01T16:15:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-24-hour-news-cycle-began-thirty-one-years-ago-today/583974/1 "2011-06-01T16:15:23Z")

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CNN’s first [broadcast](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/06/01/cnn.first.day.cnn?&hpt=hp_c2). They began with a brief story about President Carter followed by a story about a shooting on an Amtrak train. The first “news” clip outside the studio was of Ted Turner “dedicating” his new network.

The world may never be the same.