CNN’s Nic Robertson; Ted Turner ‘inspired us to go to the ends of the earth’

Nic Robertson joins Inside Politics to discuss Ted Turner’s impact on his career, including being in the famous hotel room in Baghdad in January 1991 broadcasting live coverage of the Gulf War. Nic was part of the CNN team that got a live feed of bombs falling on Iraq, solidifying the network as a force to be reckoned with.

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