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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

News, Some, Viewer, Appointment

I believe our editorial decisions reflected our constant desire to make sure that we fully cover and analyze any issue and give our viewers all the information they need.

- Jim Walton

Give, Constant, Editorial, Analyze

Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq.

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Dissent, Interviewing, Protests

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

Think, Something, Air, Report

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

News, Use, Which, Report

Our embedded reporters during the war agreed to guidelines established by the military.

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War, Established, Reporters, Embedded

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

Want, Sure, Similar, Reporting

At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

- Jim Walton

Business, View, CNN, Journalism

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

News, Before, CNN, Train

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

Made, Editorial, CNN, Party

Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world.

- Jim Walton

News, Largest, CNN, Trusted

In Iraq, embedding allows us to put reporters in situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for them.

- Jim Walton

Otherwise, Reporters, Would, Situations

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

Give, Here, Some, Detail

Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.

- Jim Walton

Some, In The Past, Been, Afforded

CNN can still afford 36 bureaus around the world.

- Jim Walton

World, Afford, Still, CNN

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