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Article: CNN'S kind of story.(Cable News Network heightens coverage of election)(Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- March 13, 2000
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Cable network has pulled out all the stops in coverage of presidential campaigns
Under the direction of network President Rick Kaplan, CNN is going all out to be the television home of Campaign 2000.
Starting with the first presidential debate last October in New Hampshire, CNN has televised 12 town hall meetings or debates with the top presidential contenders, including back-to-back Democratic and Republican debates earlier this month in Los Angeles.
The 20-year-old cable news channel has also provided around-the-clock reports on the campaign from a host of reporters, anchors and political analysts. The daily one-hour show Inside Politics has ...