What Will CNN Play If The World Was Ending?? The Doomsday Video Obviously! A writer who was a CNN intern in 2009 revealed that while there hed found the networks Doomsday Video, which had been commissioned by CNN founder Ted Turner soon after he launched the network in 1980, to be played on air if the world was ending. The existence of the video had been reported on over the years, with Turner reportedly having said, Well be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event. In a 1988 interview with The New Yorker, Turner described how they got the marching bands of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force together and had them play Nearer My God, to Thee -- which was the song that reportedly played as the Titanic sank -- to be videotaped and played on air if the world ever came to an end. Despite the reports, though, the video hadnt been seen, remaining in the CNN archives, until former intern Michael Ballaban posted it yesterday. - D. & J.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:26:07 +0000
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