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The result was keep. ✗ plicit  01:44, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

CNN Special Investigations Unit

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Zero sourcing found. Prod contested Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:50, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:50, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment: This is significant coverage. Zero is definitely wrong.Lurking shadow (talk) 15:28, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The article notes: "Heartened by the success it’s found with documentaries about Osama bin Laden and waste in the federal government, CNN is debuting a new weekly investigative series this month to showcase long-form pieces by some of the network’s best-known correspondents. “CNN: Special Investigations Unit,” which will premiere Jan. 20, is the latest initiative at the cable news network, ... The new hourlong series, which will air Saturdays and Sundays at 5 p.m. with a repeat at 8 p.m., will feature work by chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour and anchors Anderson Cooper and Soledad O’Brien as well as correspondents like John Roberts, John King and Candy Crowley. ... The first installment of “CNN: Special Investigations Unit” will be “The War Within,” a piece by Amanpour about Muslim extremism in Britain."   The abstract notes: "Using the linguistic method of discourse analysis, we analyze one high profile instance – an episode of CNN’s ‘Special Investigations Unit’, which aired several times in the summer of 2007 – to demonstrate a narrative linking of the high social costs and failures associated with noncompliance and, therefore, the imperative of enforcing it for the safety of society. Through the semiotic reduction of a ‘poetic parallelism’, the episode reflects and reinforces existing cultural models for mental illness, including its status as straightforward biological disease amenable to pharmacological therapy but which remains uncontrolled due to widespread noncompliance."   The article notes: "[former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew] Young was one of many interviewed in the recently aired special, "CNN: Special Investigation Unit, MLK-Words That Changed a Nation." ... In the program, reporter Soledad O'Brien interviewed Young and other colleagues of King including activist Dorothy Cotton, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and King's attorney, Clarence Jones. They divulged intimate information about the decisions that were made and key events of the civil rights movement including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the arrest of Rosa Parks and King's assassination.  The documentary also examines King's life through his library of writings and books housed at Morehouse College, his alma mater. James Polk, executive producer of the program, said Morehouse College and the city of Atlanta were very gracious to grant CNN access to the locked vault full of King's handwritten documents."   The book notes: "To illustrate the problem, we consider a case study involving a recent exclusive report from the CNN Special Investigations Unit by Drew Griffin, Kathleen Johnston and Todd Schwarzschild, titled "Sources: Air Marshals Missing From Almost All Flights". Dated 25 March 2008, and offered both in broadcast and on-line internet formats, the report cites official statistics and anecdotal evidence collected from interviews with both named and anonymous sources about the surprising paucity of armed air marshals accompanying passenger flights in the United States in the wake of terrorist hi-jacked airplane strikes against the World Trace Center in Manhattan and the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on 11 September 2001. Here are some of the report's highlights from the network's website: [quote] This is attention-getting journalism. It touches a nerve for all people who travel by air or have friends and relatives who fly. ... What CNN informs us, and with apparently solid justification, is the startling fact that there are actually very few air marshals aboard US flights."   The article notes: "The episodes will run under the banner CNN: Special Investigations Unit. The series will focus on current pressing issues, and it is designed to complement CNN Presents, ... Special Investigations Unit will include reporters such as Christiane Amanpour, Anderson Cooper, Soledad O'Brien, medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta and correspondents John Roberts, John King, Candy Crowley, Drew Griffin and others. The first episode, The War Within, will be reported by Amanpour."   The article notes: "With an assist from filmmaker Spike Lee, CNN's Soledad O'Brien took a chance on some amateurs in hopes of getting fresh perspectives on New Orleans' recovery at K+2. Almost all of the footage for "Children of the Storm," a CNN "Special Investigations Unit" documentary airing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, was shot by New Orleans-area teenagers." </li> <li>Less significant coverage:<ol> <li> The article notes: "8 P.M. (CNN) CHILDREN OF THE STORM Earlier this year the “American Morning” anchor Soledad O’Brien and the filmmaker Spike Lee gave 11 teenagers in and around New Orleans video cameras to create diaries as they rebuilt their lives after Hurricane Katrina. Their films are at the heart of this episode of “CNN: Special Investigations Unit,” in which the young people, four of whom are shown above with Ms. O’Brien, center, describe their journeys." </li> <li> The article notes: "8 P.M. (CNN) NARCO STATE In this “CNN: Special Investigations Unit” documentary, Anderson Cooper traces the opium journey from poppy flower to addiction and examines how the drug is pushing Afghanistan into crisis." </li> <li> The article notes: "8 P.M. (CNN) SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT: BATTLEFIELD BREAKDOWN A report by John King on the costs of the Iraq war, in American lives and money, and the battle readiness of the Army’s active units." </li> <li> The article notes: "8 P.M. (CNN) THE WAR WITHIN Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent, talks to young people, clerics and Shahid Malik, one of only four Muslim members of the British Parliament, about the cultural conflicts within Muslim communities in Britain and other Western societies, and the influences pushing some toward philosophies of extremism. The documentary inaugurates the network’s new series “CNN: Special Investigations Unit.”" </li> <li> The article notes: "With one of the world's most extensive news-gathering organizations at its beck and call, CNN's Special Investigations Unit has chosen to commemorate the birthday of the late James Brown by telling the same old story in the same old way. ... There are a few times when the piece surprises. Although they have nothing new to say, some of the famous faces associated with Brown, but rarely heard from, are given some screen time, including former James Brown bass man Bootsy Collins, biographer Bruce Tucker and Usher, who was taken under the wing of the singer." </li> <li> The article notes: "CNN Special Investigations Unit: Crime & Corruption As New Orleans attempts to recover from Hurricane Katrina, the city has struggled to overcome the culture of corruption that had become endemic to the Big Easy. Correspondent Soledad O’Brien speaks to the city’s first inspector general about his mission to root out mismanagement, and to prosecutors who are trying to curb the violence that hinders the return of residents, tourists, and business investment. Saturday, Aug. 30, at 8 p.m., CNN" </li> <li> The article notes: "Residents from Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine will be featured in a CNN documentary that gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of residents at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital. "CNN: Special Investigations Unit - Grady's Anatomy" which follows the lives of three Emory residents and a Morehouse resident, will air at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. March 24 and 25." </li> <li> The article notes: "Now a CNN Special Investigations Unit documentary examines the unexpected consequences of this protracted war. On "Battlefield Breakdown," CNN correspondent John King reports that nearly two-thirds of the U.S. Army's 42 active brigades are rated unable to perform due to shortages of manpower and equipment, including armored vehicles, lithium batteries, even water. And he reports that, early on, the Pentagon resisted Congressional efforts to add more armored vehicles, perhaps mistakenly believing the war wouldn't last long enough to warrant the investment. "Battlefield Breakdown" premieres Saturday at 8 p.m." </li> </ol></li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow CNN: Special Investigations Unit to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 09:18, 22 May 2022 (UTC) </li></ul>
 * Keep per Cunard, WP:GNG is met.Lurking shadow (talk) 19:59, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cunard Donald D23   talk to me  01:11, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


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