Posted on 02/07/2008 12:20:44 PM PST by george76
Asked at the National Press Club's luncheon on Monday “what do you see as the future vision for CNN now that Fox is gaining in market share and popularity?”,
CNN founder Ted Turner leaned into the microphone and, prompting laughter and applause, produced a loud sputtering sound as he blew air through his lips with his tongue sticking out slightly -- aka "blowing a raspberry" or issuing a "Bronx cheer."
"... the right-wingers have every right to have a network of their own and they've got one.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Anybody remember Newport and the America's Cup fiasco?
And of course the left has CNN.
and nbc, cbs, abc, msnbc, most news papers in the country
Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network, and now his mind.
We wish him well....</sarcasm>
LOL!
The funny thing about Ted Turner and Jane Fonda’s relationship is that he was the one that always had rug burns.
Why did you post this article from 2006?
Because this is another example of Ted Turner being a fool.
I would have posted in 2006 , too.
Just found it now.
Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business which he took over at the age of 24 after his father's suicide. The billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, was worth approximately one million dollars when Turner took it over in 1963. Purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the assemblage of the Turner Broadcasting System. His Cable News Network revolutionized news media, coming to the forefront covering the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Persian Gulf War in 1991. ...
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