Turner's mentally-ill. No other word for it.
I assume this Q and A with "TV executives" excluded Fox executives. So, are they all getting together and plotting against Fox? Are they coodinating their business strategy? If so, I think that may be illegal.
Turner has all that money and he's still as dumb as a box of rocks.
The kettle calling the blue sky black....
I think not. In this case size matters.
Aw, how cute. The left accusing the right of what it does. IIRC, CNN admitted to being a propaganda tool for Saddam Hussein.
Note, Ted's 21st century style Hitler moustache, maybe he knows something?
How did you get all that money being as stupid as you are?
Fox is eating CNN's lunch..LOL
Fox News has also proven that slick production values don't matter. The message is far more important than superexpensive and flawless delivery.
Ol Ted is steeped in values that no longer any relevance.
RIP Ted.
</i>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.</i>
America is turning to Fox because the MSM is a danger to democracy. The MSM news is dumbed down, leaving voters without critical information on politics and world events and overloaded with fluff...like the stupid Oscars which was all over CNN tonight while Fox was focused on Iraq.
Don't you just love old Ted.........What the H*LL has CNN been but the Clinton News Network for years and years. Earth to Ted -- Earth to Ted..
Spoken in context, communism/socialism never had a better friend. And taking Ted to task, his vision of democracy is based on a strict adherence to minority rule. His.
CNN--is that thing still on?
CNN: The network that covered up Saddam's rape rooms and torture chambers, refused to report it b/c they might lose "access" to their favorite tyrant.
It's just 'ol Ted throwing a hissy fit 'cuz his ratings are headding south.
Headding south - get it.........
Sorry.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/CA499014.html
Among the other Turner highlights from Tuesday:
* On Fox News: 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 Adolph 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.
* On TV news in general: "We need to be very well informed. We need to know what's going on in the world. "a little less Hollywood news and a little more hard news would probably be good for our society."
* On media consolidation:"The consolidation has made it almost impossible for an independent. It's virtually impossible to start a cable network." Broadcasters and programmers "don't want more independent voices out there. They own everything. That's why I went into the restaurant business. Either that or I'd work for a salary for one of the big jerks.
* The war in Iraq: "We've spent 200 billion destroying Iraq. Now we've got to spend 200 billion to rebuild it, if they'll let us -- and all to find a nut in a fox hole -- one guy," Turner said. "He posed no threat to any of his neighbors, particularly with us there with overwhelming military superiority." --"it is obscene and stupid"
* Why selling his company to Time Warner turned out to be a huge mistake: At the time he agreed to sell his company, "it was from a business standpoint the right thing to do." He owned 9 percent of the merged company, which "which got me some real serious respect." But after the company acquired AOL, Turner's stake in the new company was diluted to 3 percent. "Then I got the pink slip"
* Why it wasn't that huge a mistake: "I have a responsibility not to be too critical of my old company. It is a good company and I had a lot of experiences there. A lot of time things that are painful at the time they occurred turn out to be for the best."
* Ted Turner for President? "I'm too old and too burned out to take on that responsibility. I thought about it when I was younger. I don't know if I could have gotten elected or not. It would have been a lot of fun to do when I had higher energy levels."
* What he'll put on his tombstone: "I have nothing more to say."
If pressed he would tell you that only the unwashed, inbred, would watch such claptrap as he was getting on his private jet to pay a visit to his pal Fidel.
We often decry the rich athletes for being spoiled brats.
Look at the class with which every last Steeler accepted defeat Sunday compared to this liberal blowhard.
Par for the course for a liberal, damn the facts, listen to how I FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!