(Ted) Turner Compares Fox's Popularity to Hitler

Broadcasting & Cable ^ | 1/25/2005 | Jim Finkle

[N. Theknow]

My cousin was at a cocktail party not too long ago and ran into Turner. Turner cornered him, for reasons which I cannot state, and started to tell my cousin how he owned this company, that company, started this company, did this, did that, and after a good fifteen minutes he paused and said, "I guess you would have to say I'm pretty smart."

"And humble!" was my cousin's reply.

[freepertoo]

Oh, the liberals get around to comparing everybody to Hitler eventually, nothing new here!

[Joe Brower]

Ted Turner is an ass. Nothing more than a pathetic little Marxist whose attempts at media dominance have been undermined by the unforeseen rise of the Internet, his underestimation of the average person's intelligence, and his own contemptible arrogance.

He is "yesterday's news" -- pun intended.

[Echo Talon]

This guy needs to STFU, FOX does NOT have a monopoly on news, viewers have control over what they watch, they choose to watch FOX because it's not yet an arm of the liberal machine.

[satchmodog9]

Sorry to say it sounds like our whole govrnment.

[TommyDale]

What a dog turd.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

You mis-underheard. "... welcomes ALL PISSY COMMENTS."

[garyhope]

Amazing how many people, excuse me, "liberals" are so "outraged" , offended and afraid of 1, repeat 1, network while the lib dims have control of most of the MSM. They can't stand even a tiny dissent because they are fascists at heart.

The same with the Islamofascists. 1.2 billion Muslims afraid of and bent on destroying less than 13 million remaining Jews in the world.

I don't know who I'm more concerned, threatened by or afraid of, the "liberals" or the Islamofascists.

[youngtory]

Obviously jealous. BTW Ted Turners, we Canadians are slowly ditching your CNN and enjoying Fox News instead because it's much more better.

[cynicom]

Socialist monsters???? Wait, that cant be right. Communists are socialists, Nazis must be something else.

[Feiny]

Sorry, you have made too much sense for Ted. He needs simple 3 word slogans to understand things.

[Dick Vomer]

Amen on the National Socialist Democratic Party.. in the US.... I always refer to them as that.... and they are NAZI's.

Gun Control, smoking regulation, nationalization of industry... etc.etc...

they are anti-American and thugs that need to have their little cockroach leaders exposed for what they are. When I see those pinch faced little weasels parsing words and manipulating data it makes me want to puke. They have infiltrated every successful institution of this country.

[the invisib1e hand]

Ted's totally unhinged.

speaking of unhinged in the media, has anyone seen this psycho-rant?

[pissant]

Ted Turner's only worthwhile legacy: Fredericka, Soledad, Daryn

[SMARTY]

He will never live down his connection to Hanoi Jane.... and he was well on his way to 'jerkdom' before that.

[Paloma_55]

Actually, Ted Turner would know... he uses CNN much in the same way that Stalin and the USSR in general used their media capabilities.

[Polyxene]

All of this qualifies him to be Dan Rather's replacement!

[satchmodog9]

It is so funny listening to libs bitch about Fox. Their viewer ship is so small compared to the other networks. They can hardly be considered a source to influence the opinion of the nation. Just the left trying to use the media game against the right. It won't work as long as the other 5 networks keep their lefty crap mills churning at full speed.

[drt1]

WOW. That was as serious a Psychobabble Rant as I think I've ever read. My brain is still spinning - It should at least come with a warning that reading it can be damaging to your day!

[CORedneck]

Another nutcase executive opening his mouth.