CNN’s Coverage on the gulf war of 1991
CNN (Cable News Network) played a tremendous role in the Persian Gulf War. The Persian Gulf War began on August 2, 1990, when Iraqi forces invaded and occupied Kuwait, which Iraq long claimed. The war progressed into an armed conflict between Iraq and a coalition of 32 nations including the United States, Britain, Egypt, France, and Saudi Arabia. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein declared that the invasion was a response to overproduction of oil in Kuwait, which had cost Iraq over $14 million when oil prices fell. Saddam Hussein also accused Kuwait of illegally pumping oil from Iraq’s Rumaila oil field. CNN was there from the start covering the story. Some of the most powerful leaders in the world depended on the up to date information CNN had displayed for the world. Among some of the leaders watching were the president of the United States, George Bush, and Saddam Hussein. Bush reportedly said, “People tell me that he [Saddam Hussien] stays ‘glued’ to CNN.” CNN was always live and played raw and uncut footage which was rare for most news stations around the world. The major news stations at that time were ABC, NBC, CBS, and BBC, which had perhaps a 6 o’clock news hour. CNN was a 24 hour news station.
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