From a Washington Post obit by Glenn Rifkin headlined “Bernard Shaw, unflappable founding anchor at CNN, dies at 82”:
With his unflappable demeanor and somber intonation — his heroes were broadcasters Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite — Mr. Shaw was credited with bringing professional polish to an experiment initially laughed off as the “Chicken Noodle Network” for challenging the Big Three networks for news dominance.