Ted Turner Passed Money Around "Like a Joint"; Wishes He Could Reclaim "Fluffy" CNN

bloomberg.com:

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Ted Turner, the cable television pioneer who became one of the richest Americans, recalls the pain of losing his job at Time Warner Inc., his wife, the actress Jane Fonda, and $7 billion of his fortune.

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Comments

[HisPetGoat]

"You know, if you economize and don’t buy new airplanes or long-range jets, or that sort of thing, you can get by on a billion or two."


So that's what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for the tip!

[trintod]

We need less sensationalism and more reporting about the problems real people face on a day by day basis. There's a lot of angry & scared people who have lost jobs, house, and sanity.

good articles; http://ow.ly/dmzm

Need more change from Obama

[PhilipTaylor]

I used to like CNN when he was in charge!

Now it is the "RUBBER NECKER" station!

AC Cooper and his band of Conservatives are almost as PA1NFUL as F0X!

[OldHick]

Ted had been "hands off" for too long. We are lucky he cares enough to come back.

[PhilipTaylor]

Hello 0LDHick! I see we have the same HERO!

[OldHick]

Those were Buffalo dollars, Ted claimed to be worth more than the dollars he gave to the UN.

[mamala4]

I would like to try to get by on a billion or two....

[ResidualSelfImage]

Ted is an NWO schill.
He is a depopulation fanatic.
He is not a nice person.

[hdohighdesertobserver]

Greetings from Earth. My black helicopter is over your house RIGHT NOW!

Boo!

[Stock market]

Time 2 get 2 work Obama:

10% unemployment
1.4 trillion deficit
people broke, no more credit, no housing

hat tip to: http://tiny.cc/financenews

banks aren;t lending
bad earnings from BAC, Citi & GE
foreclosures at record highs

[Heraklia]

If only Ted would buy CNN back and restore it to "serious journalism"! CNN in prime time is just a tabloid show now. All they do is cover celebrity gossip and murders, such as Nancy Grace's long-running series "The Casey Anthony Show."

[helgathewitch]

Maybe Buffet, another good billionaire, could loan him enough to buy CNN back. I would love to see it. With him running the show, CNN would leave Fox in the dust!

[Beamreach]

George Soros and Turner need to form a partnership here.

[ZoolRoom]

ALERT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMe5dOgbu40&feature=player_embedded

[MicheleCA]

Oh please, why would you listen to anything this free market climate change skeptic says?

[NYC80]

One of the only honest men in the business world. I don't know what he was thinking when he sold out to Time Warner in 1996. Maybe he forced by the power elite since they only want a couple of media companies to own every cable channel.

[chazzman]

Go Ted. CNN is your baby, please find a way to buy it back.

[machivellianX]

he's sharp as a whip, wealth allows a man honesty, he's living proof....I hope he gets cnn back!!

[BlueZoo]

I'd LOVE to have Ted Turner back in charge of CNN! He's right in that it is "fluffy" and I got sick of that same flufft some time ago. Right now, they are going on and on ad infinitum about this kid and that mylar balloon. The kid is safe and it's over...end of story! Where are the stories that matter? Like Iraq, Afghanistan, the economy, our useless Congress? When Turner was in charge, CNN didn't have these fluff pieces and the 24-hour news was worth watching! Bring Turner back!