why Cranck-Nicolson scheme is always stable?

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Given Cranck-Nicolson scheme:

$$\frac{u_{i}^{(k+1)} - u_{i}^{(k)}}{h_t}-\frac{c^2}{2}(\frac{u_{i-1}^{(k)}-2u_{i}^{(k)}+u_{i+1}^{(k)}}{h_{x}^{2}} +\frac{u_{i-1}^{(k+1)}-2u_{i}^{(k+1)}+u_{i+1}^{(k+1)}}{h_{x}^{2}}) =0$$

Is it possible to show that Cranck-Nicholson scheme is always stable with using Fourier analysis?