[sphinx]

RIP.

He did some useful and constructive things in a long and eventful life.

He did some unhelpful and unfortunate things in a long and eventful life.

It is perhaps unfortunate he lived long enough to see CNN become the absolute laughingstock and disaster it became after he sold it.

I will always give him credit for killing himself in a extra’s role in Gettysburg. As a confederate.

Is half of Montana now going to come back on the market?

[Liz]

Ted Turner in Gettysburg. As a confederate.

[PAR35]

It is perhaps unfortunate he lived long enough to see CNN become the absolute laughingstock

Before CNN, he owned a UHF station in Atlanta. He ran a late night rip and read news program to satisfy public service programming. At one point, they used a German Shepherd as the on-air personality to present the news. As I recall they gave it peanut butter and filmed it moving its mouth while the news director read off screen. So the grandfather of CNN was an actual joke of a news broadcast.

[citizen]

Before CNN, Channel 17/the Superstation was awesome.

Call sign WTCG, for Watch This Channel Grow.