CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87
2026-05-06 14:13 UTC
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@cmbabul@slrpnk.net 2026-05-06 15:27
Being from the Atlanta area makes my opinion of Ted really complicated, obviously he was a billionaire which is inherently unethical, but he also really helped put Atlanta on the map in the 90s. TBS, the Braves, Captain Planet, TNT, the Cartoon Network, and Adult Swim were all things that directly brought my childhood joy and can trace their origins back to Ted Turner. His contributions to the repopulation of American bison shouldn't be ignored either. There are no ethical billionaires but I have a difficult time looking at Turner in the same way I do Zuck, Musk, Gates, etc. Edit: Jesus I forgot WCW, he surely was a man with faults but Ted was the antithesis of Vince McMahon for a period of time. And standing afainst Vince is almost always the morally correct position
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@Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-06 19:16
I'd rather remember him for Turner Classic Movies, which helps preserve and restore so much original creative content, and presents it without commercials.
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@n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-06 14:18
[Bill Hicks on Ted Turner 1990ish](https://youtu.be/PQvEsRHQetc)
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@njm1314@lemmy.world 2026-05-06 20:25
Good.
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@thesohoriots@lemmy.world 2026-05-07 01:18
Dicks out for Turner Time.
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@Buffalox@lemmy.world 2026-05-06 19:05
I never understood the idea of calling it cable news? Radio/TV antenna, Satellite and Cable, are merely different ways of distribution of similar content. It would be the same as distinguishing papers on weather they are delivered by mail or kiosks. Now everything is through Internet, so it's even more stupid to separate between them. I know that it used to be that somethings were legal on cable news that weren't on over the air channels. Which again is also super moronic, and mostly due to childish regulation mostly based on Christian pearl clutching, where seeing a naked person is prohibited, but seeing brutal murders are not, but using a swear word while doing the killing is not? Well Luckily the influence from USA is diminishing, so hopefully we will have less of such inconsistent idiotic double standards in the future.