CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas. Jim Walton Read Quote
I can’t think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something. Jim Walton Read Quote
We’re going to try to create some programs that are going to generate viewer interest and appointment viewing. We still will have news on Headline News. Jim Walton Read Quote
Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world. Jim Walton Read Quote
Our embedded reporters during the war agreed to guidelines established by the military. Jim Walton Read Quote
In Iraq, embedding allows us to put reporters in situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for them. Jim Walton Read Quote
If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war. Jim Walton Read Quote
I’m not trying to be coy here; we’re just not prepared to give a lot of detail about our thinking, but we will be making some announcements in the coming months. Jim Walton Read Quote
During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer. Jim Walton Read Quote
We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN’s editorial staff and not by any third party. Jim Walton Read Quote
