35 years ago Today, CNN signed on as a 24 hour cable news channel.

Today, it is much harder to fine news on the cable news network since Jeff Zucker took Ted Turner's dream and pretty much stomped it to bits.

Let's hope that CNN did not serve cake to celebrate their 35th birthday, because it might be a bit soggy. 

A water pipe burst in the network's New York headquarters and sent crews scrambling to get tarps over the desks in the newsroom. 

“I think this is our present from Fox News,” said CNN Anchor Ashleigh Banfield 

H/T CNN Commentary