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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OH OH
Ted get back on the meds
It pretty bad you are Ted Fonda your network CNN sucks in the ratings you compare your rival Fox news to Hitler
NO Ted I think you appeasment network
SHUT UP
Heard about this on Special Report with Brit Hume. I liked the response from FOX News. LOL
Turner: Coming from such a communist, wacked out, self important ass, that should end up quite the compliment for Fox.
Poor Turner isn't in the news anymore and just had to say something stupid to see his name there again.
Wasn't Mr Ted Fonda married to a nazi ? Who's he to throw stones. Specially since he has none. CNN must be toast if Teddy is comming out of his orb ......
Sour Grapes?
Jane Fonda isn't a Nazi, she's a Commie.
He's insane. He's really insane.
LOL, sort of a Job in reverse.
Hanoi Jane and Ted, deserve each other.
This is so sad....has Turner gotten so depressed and ashamed of CNN's failure that he has resorted to this EXTREME name calling?? Good grief...what a joke this guy is!
Caption: Ich hasse Fox News!!! Sie zerstören mich!!!
"I hate Fox News!!! They are destroying me!!!" ~Babel fish
Ted doesn't read. I'd suggest that he read Walter Laqueur's "The Terrible Secret", but there aren't any cartoons in it.
Which partisans argued for appeasement for Hitler in the 30s? It sure wasn't us cranky old conservatives.
Which partisans today excuse fascism in Africa, especially when imposed militarily by the French? It sure isn't us either.
Which partisans decide that other countries can live with lesser freedoms and financial benefits that these flatulent fops? Not us.
There really isn't much difference between fascism and communism. The nuances may be stated, but the outcomes are the same. Innocent people are arrested and killed for the party. Both target Jews, Catholics, Christians. Both control money and power. Both appeal to the same voter groups.
Ted can live in his little fantasy in which evil trolls live under a bridge and thwart his will. Ted can imagine that he is a force for good, when the outcome of his interference into the lives of those less fortunate is to make sure that the poor suffer more and never escape. It's like jail, but without an end to the sentence.
It must really grind him that he was made to look like a fool. Remember how he boasted that he would crush Fox?
Nitey nite, Ted!
Nazi's whats?
(signed)
The Apostrophe Police
Great idea my friend, but I have long stopped going to that ballpark, mainly because of the Braves non-chalant attitude about always losing in the postseason and being satisfied with only winning division titles. Anyway, it's a great idea worth considering if anyone still goes to see the Braves.
The name of this stadium makes me sick to my stomach and the Braves management needs to know that the jerk who its named after is a curse on the team...
couldn't agree more! How many ways can we spell desperate? Turner has flat out embarassed himself in so many ways by these absurd comments.
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