Posted on 03/05/2019 11:32:27 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
Two top executives at AT&T and WarnerMedia flew to Atlanta a year ago to reassure Ted Turner to his face that the company would respect what he created and maintain editorial integrity at CNN, according to former CNN president Tom Johnson, who was also at the meeting.
They met for lunch March 6, 2018 at the private Capital City Club in downtown Atlanta, about four blocks from Turner’s residence and a half mile from CNN Center.
At the time, Dallas-based AT&T thought it was close to closing on its merger with Time Warner, which had purchased Turner Broadcasting from Turner 22 years earlier. Due to the Department of Justice fighting the merger, citing anti-trust issues, it wasn’t officially cleared until last week, two and a half years after it was originally announced.
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How do you maintain something you do not possess?
That’s a better deal than the Braves gave him on the ballpark name.
Yeah, you don’t have to worry about a thing, Ted. After you’re gone, will pretend you’re still here, take it to the bank babe.
Ted married a treasonous b***h, so CNN will maintain the legacy by only hiring treasonous b***hes!
Legacy?
Bwa ha ha ha...
Last week I was prepping a lesson to substitute teach for my brother’s Sunday School class. The primary topic was humility. I ran across this Ted Turner quote, which I explained was the polar opposite to Biblical humility:
“If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect.” - Ted Turner . . . This quote just oozes with arrogance and, while it was probably tongue-in-cheek, no doubt in my mind he really believes it.
Companies say a lot of s#it in order to avoid roadblocks on a major M&A deal...time will tell what they really do.
Want to have fun? But a share of AT&T stock and go to their annual shareholders meeting and ask some pointed questions about CNN. If it affects the stock price, guaran-damn-tee you changes will be made.
One more reason to hate AT&T.
“...maintain editorial integrity at CNN, ...”
That can’t be true and is oxymoronic anyway
‘Clinton News Network’, ‘Communist News Network’, ‘Current Narrative Network’ all same.
Mr.Turner and Mr.Soros meet Mr.Stalin.
It’s hard to be humble when you are perfect in every way.....
I had forgotten about that song!!!
LOL
Just means that CNN can continue to be the 'Rat party lowlife propaganda arm.
Words are not adequate to describe the animus I feel for AT&T.
In the world of beg corporations, AT&T is the one that should fail miserably.
Isn’t TT gay?
Anyone have a copy of or a link to that photo of a gunman (in Bosnia?) peering over the CNN logo on a building ledge...?
I just flipped through CNN. The Irish gal in the leg chair was wearing a knee-length skirt. WTF?
And the conservative, loyal ATT subscribers will do nothing, except to bitch & moan about CNN. Idiots.
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