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Veteran TV Journalist and CNN’s Founding President Reese Schonfeld Dies

Australia and US Discuss the Problem of Chinese Regime’s Ambitions

The “malign activity” of the Chinese regime not just in the Indo-Pacific, but around the world, was the focus of bilateral talks between Australia and the United States in Washington on July 28. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper hosted Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defense Linda Reynolds in Washington for the 30th Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN 2020). Both countries promised to ramp up joint military efforts in the Indo-Pacific region to counter the “longer-term challenges” of China’s ambitions. Speaking to the press, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on July 28 said that America was “lucky to count Australia as a close partner” in this challenge, and said the two nations had an “unbreakable alliance.” Pompeo…

Veteran TV Journalist and CNN’s Founding President Reese Schonfeld Dies

Television journalist and founding president of Cable News Network (CNN), Reese Schonfeld, who started the cable television network with media entrepreneur Ted Turner, died on Tuesday, U.S. media reported.

Schonfeld, who was 88, died after complications from Alzheimer’s disease, The New York Times reported.

Schonfeld launched CNN with Turner in 1980, becoming chief executive of one of the first all-news cable TV networks to provide Americans with round-the-clock coverage.

Under Schonfeld, CNN launched its “Crossfire” show, in which hosts Pat Buchanan and Tom Braden conducted political debate from the perspective of both the left and the right sides of issues.

The Newark-born TV journalist, who was formally trained as a lawyer, also started News 12, the first 24-hour local news channel on Long Island, New York. He also started the Food Network鈥攁nother cable TV network鈥攊n the early 1990s.

Years before teaming up with Turner, Schonfeld ran an independent news company that provided news footage to local news stations.

It was because of Schonfeld’s news judgement and Turner’s know-how of satellite television that CNN came into being.

It was also when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission reduced regulations, leading to many independent businesses starting cable news networks.

Reuters was not able to contact a representative of Schonfeld or his family for comment.

By Aakriti Bhalla

Focus News: Veteran TV Journalist and CNN’s Founding President Reese Schonfeld Dies

Economic ‘Takedown’ of China’s Communist Party: Solomon Yue

To an increasing number of people, America’s policy of “engagement” with China’s communist dictatorship has proven to be a deadly mistake. With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s landmark speech on China and the closure of the Houston Chinese consulate, America appears to be entering a new era of US-China relations. According to Solomon Yue, the goal is not containment, but to bring about the demise of the Chinese Communist Party. In this episode, we sit down with Solomon Yue, Vice Chairman & CEO of Republicans Overseas and a Republican National Committeeman since 2000. He escaped China in 1980, after the Red Guards raided his home and threatened his life during the Cultural Revolution. This is American Thought Leaders ??, and I’m Jan Jekielek. American Thought Leaders is an Epoch Times…