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FOOTNOTE: *CNN is owned by a consortium, in which Time Warner, TIME's parent company, has a 21.9% stake...
...Moira Lasch has suddenly called the accuser to the stand. But Furnad, who is running the control room, has just learned that Terry Anderson, the last American hostage to be released, is scheduled to make his first appearance in Damascus at 3:30 p.m. -- smack in the middle of CNN's trial coverage. What should Furnad do: continue to cover the long-awaited testimony of the accuser in the most publicized rape trial in history or cut away to Terry Anderson's press conference...
...crunch hour approaches, the atmosphere in the control room becomes subtly charged. Furnad, legs jiggling nervously, lunges toward the monitors, computer screens and phone buttons arrayed before him, yelling orders. CNN president Tom Johnson shows up, hovering in the background. Ed Turner, another top CNN executive, appears, looking worried. "Of all the convergence of events," he says. "Six years they hold...
...decision is made quietly, almost imperceptibly: no matter what is happening at the trial, CNN will cut away to Anderson. Their best hope is that his appearance will coincide with the trial's afternoon recess, due to come...
...Anderson finally finishes. Turn on the anchor's mike ("He's leaving! Talk, Lou!"), cut to a commercial, then back to the trial. Only seven minutes of the accuser's testimony has been missed; her emotional account of the incident is yet to come. Count it another CNN success...