Ted Turner has Died

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

Oh man I forgot he did TBS.

TBS, CNN, TNT, TCM, Cartoon Network, et cetera et cetera.

He also created Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

I met him briefly in the early 2000s.

I grew up watching all his channels.

A real man of the world and a true gentleman.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

I miss the old Headline News Network. I miss the days when CNN actually reported news and not opinion pieces disguised as news.

Lou Dobbs played the most important role in that one, while Turner provided the support.

Of course they dumped him because they got scared of some deadbeat racist Mexican anchor babies sniveling and it went downhill from there. That Rick Sanchez fiasco was just hilarious, the racists eating their own. It's not even decent comedy any more, just stale and dead in the water.

 

[skye]

In those early days CNN was good, not anymore of course.


RIP Ted Turner.

 

[Moonglow]

Ted Turner has died. Like the current iteration of CNN or not, but it was truly groundbreaking at the time.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/06/us/ted-turner-death

CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87​

By Brian Stelter and Ann O’Neill
Updated 34 min ago

CNN founder Ted Turner dead at 87
2:25
Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.

The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman, nicknamed “The Mouth of the South” for his outspoken nature, built a media empire that encompassed cable’s first superstation and popular channels for movies and cartoons, plus professional sports teams like the Atlanta Braves.

Turner was also an internationally known yachtsman; a philanthropist who founded the United Nations Foundation; an activist who sought the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons; and a conservationist who became one of the foremost landowners in the United States. He played a crucial role in reintroducing bison to the American west. He even created the Captain Planet cartoon to educate kids about the environment.

That bastard ruined the news on TV.

 

[Moonglow]

I must have done something right since I am also 87 and am healthy.

Count yer blessings.

 

[Muhammed]

Ted Turner was a misanthropic hypocrite who wanted to depopulate the planet but had 5 kids.

 

[Moonglow]

Ted Turner was a misanthropic hypocrite who wanted to depopulate the planet but had 5 kids.

And he had that annoying gap between his two front teeth.

 

[22lcidw]

He brought WTBS channel 17 into my life. That introduced me to Georgia Championship Wrestling. The Super Station.

WWF/WCW wrestling ratings wars...The then named WWF called him "billionaire Ted".