Article: CNN's Johnson basks in eye of hurricane. (Cable News Network president Tom Johnson; controversial news reporting decisions)

CNN's Johnson Basks in Eye of Hurricane

Atlanta -- For an admitted "news junkie" who has been in journalism since the age of 14, Nov. 15 had to be a day full of the Fourth Estate's right stuff for CNN president Tom Johnson.

That day, he was directing an appeal to the Supreme Court on the basis of First Amendment rights, even as the FBI was seizing CNN audio tapes. On top of that, the president of the United States was scheduled for an exclusive interview that night.

The Georgia native was happy, clearly excited to be in the eye of the media and the legal storms that have surrounded CNN since the network secured those taped conversations between ...

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