A weekly newsletter on power and the press Good Morning. After waking up Saturday to news of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, I did what I often do in moments of global conflict: I turned on CNN. Correspondents beamed in from across the region — Jeremy Diamond reporting from Jerusalem, Bijan Hosseini in Doha and Paula Hancocks in Abu Dhabi. The network delivered comprehensive coverage throughout a dizzying, historic day that included news of the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation’s supreme leader. CNN showed once again what it can do on screen, even amid anxiety behind the scenes. Inside CNN, the network’s future under David Ellison has been the subject of intense speculation...
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