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U.S. President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump agree to hold a presidential debate on June 27, hosted by CNN, which will be the earliest general election debate in modern history in the United States. A second debate will be held in September.
2024-05-15

A global internet outage caused by an internal issue at content delivery network Fastly causes thousands of websites such as the UK Government's website, BBC, "The New York Times", CNN, "Financial Times", "The Guardian", Pinterest, Reddit, Twitch, Spotify, Bloomberg News, and Amazon to be inaccessible for up to an hour.
2021-06-8

Two Saudi journalists, one of whom worked for CNN and the BBC, are outed as gay, which prompts them to flee and seek asylum in Australia.
2019-11-18

CNN evacuates the Time Warner Center in New York City during "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon" after a bomb threat was called into the building.
2018-12-6

Three CNN journalists, Thomas Frank, Eric Lichtblau, and Lex Haris, resign after the publication of a Russia-related article involving President Donald Trump that was retracted.
2017-06-26

The former Democratic National Committee chair and ex-CNN contributor Donna Brazile admits that she had forwarded some debate questions to Hillary Clinton's campaign during last year's Democratic primary before two debates with Bernie Sanders.
2017-03-17

Tony Blair, who continued many of Thatcher's policies, expresses irritation at the response to her death, claiming people are being disrespectful. Blair appears on CNN to reveal his admiration for his predecessor, calling her "a huge figure, a towering figure."
2013-04-9

The regime stifles coverage of demonstrations against its rule by denying entry to journalists from news organisations including Sky, which holds the UK TV rights to air the controversial Formula 1 Grand Prix, as well as CNN, Reuters and the "Financial Times".
2012-04-21

Former "Daily Mirror" editor Piers Morgan says comments he made in 2009 on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs" do not suggest he printed stories obtained through illegal reporting. In the programme, he had spoken of "running the results" of work by third parties who did "rake through bins... tap people's phones".
2011-07-27

Pro-Mubarak protestors attack CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his crew. The attack is successfully filmed.
2011-02-2