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Live From Baghdad:
CNN scooped the competition in 1991 at the start of the Gulf War. Peter Arnett, Bernard Shaw, and John Holliman used this special dedicated "four-wire" intercom (right) to take to their bureau in Jordan, which then transmitted their voices around the world. They bypassed Iraqi censors and described the dramatic scene as bombs fell outside their hotel. CNN became the first network to broadcast live from behind enemy lines during a war. |