Jim Walton Quotes

• We’re going to try to create some programs that are going to generate viewer interest and appointment viewing. We still will have news on Headline News.

  Jim Walton

• We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN’s editorial staff and not by any third party.

  Jim Walton

• Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq.

  Jim Walton

• Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.

  Jim Walton

• Since I arrived at CNN, it has grown into one of the largest and most trusted news organizations in the world.

  Jim Walton

• Our embedded reporters during the war agreed to guidelines established by the military.

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• In Iraq, embedding allows us to put reporters in situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for them.

  Jim Walton

• If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war.

  Jim Walton

• I’m not trying to be coy here; we’re just not prepared to give a lot of detail about our thinking, but we will be making some announcements in the coming months.

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• I can’t think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something.

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• I believe our editorial decisions reflected our constant desire to make sure that we fully cover and analyze any issue and give our viewers all the information they need.

  Jim Walton

• During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer.

  Jim Walton

• CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas.

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• CNN can still afford 36 bureaus around the world.

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• At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

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Jim Walton (15)

Birth:	7th June, 1948
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman

About

James Carr Walton was born in Newport, Arkansas, USA. He is an American businessman. He is the youngest son of Sam Walton, the founder of the world's largest retailer, Walmart. He earned a BA degree in Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Arkansas in 1971. In 1972, he joined Wal-Mart and was involved in its real estate dealings. After serving for four years he moved to the family owned Walton Enterprises as president in 1975. He is also CEO of his family owned Arvest Bank. In September 2016, he was reported to own over 152 million of Walmart shares worth of approximately US$ 11 billion. He married to Lynne McNabb. They have four children.

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