Posted on 01/25/2005 5:40:58 PM PST by television is just wrong
TED TURNER COMPARES FOXNEWS TO HITLER Tue Jan 25 2005 15:53:55 ET
Ted Turner called FOX an arm of the Bush administration and compared FOXNEWS's popularity to Hitler's popular election to run Germany before WWII.
Turner made the controversial comments in Las Vegas before a standing-room-only crowd at the National Association for Television Programming Executives's opening session.
His no-nonsense, humorous approach during the one-hour Q&A generated frequent loud applause and laughter, BROADCASTING & CABLE reports.
While FOX may be the largest news network [and has overtaken Turner's CNN], it's not the best, Turner said.
He followed up by pointing out that Adolf Hitler got the most votes when he was elected to run Germany prior to WWII. He said the network is the propaganda tool for the Bush Administration.
"There's nothing wrong with that. It's certainly legal. But it does pose problems for our democracy. Particularly when the news is dumbed down," leaving voters without critical information on politics and world events and overloaded with fluff," he said.
A FOXNEWS spokesperson responded: "Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind -- we wish him well."
In 1996, Turner apologized to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for comments he made comparing FOX head Rupert Murdoch to Hitler.
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"A FOXNEWS spokesperson responded: "Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind -- we wish him well."
When you are too wacky for Jane Fonda, you know you have gone too far.
He married a commie traitor, so given his choice in women, why would anyone value his opinion?
Ted must've picked up a wrong pill today!!!
Why couldn't Ike have bitch-slapped Ted instead of Tina?
"While FOX may be the largest news network [and has overtaken Turner's CNN], it's not the best, Turner said"
Funny, I thought that it was the consumer that chose who was the best. No doubt every failing business is due to the fact that the consumer is an idiot, at least in the mind of its executive.
Oh good grief. These people are so far over the top, I can't believe anybody pays attention to anything they say.
No, actually, it makes Ted Turner the malicious fool he has long been.
The last sentence was sarcastic, folks.
Seriously, though, I couldn't care less about what Ted Turner says. If this guy is dumb enough to believe Malthus, he is dumb enough to say and do practically anything. A few years ago he said we'll be extinct in fifty years.
I guess if you don't goosestep to Ted Turner's worldview, you must be a fascist.
Ted, people already think you're stupid. Don't open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Rush is going to have a segament on this tomorrow.
A FOXNEWS spokesperson responded: "Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind -- we wish him well."
"While FOX may be the largest news network [and has overtaken Turner's CNN], it's not the best, Turner said"
Oh really Teddy?? Then why did you loose 65% of your audiance this year at the inaugural, over 2001??? Huh? Huh?
This is just another example of a liberal airhead running his mouth concerning historical events about which he knows nothing.
I LOVE it! An organization with the balls to tell it like it is.
Just when I think liberals have gone completely over the top, the go even higher. The hysterical rhetoric would be scaring me if it were not so laughable.
Ted, it's really not becoming of you to whine about Fox News. The Democrats already have CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR, and Al Franken. Surely you can tolerate one network that's a little more conservative? Or can you?
I am so thankful this airhead never decided to run for office.
Liberals love to talk about Hitler because they wish they would be like him.
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