CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies at 87
Was Ted Turner a media visionary who transformed news forever or the architect of a biased machine that damaged public trust?
Above: Ted Turner speaks at UNICEF's Evening for Children First to Honor Ted Turner in Atlanta on March 30, 2016. Image credit: Ben Rose/Getty Images for UNICEF
The Spin
Left narrative
Ted Turner's death marks the end of an era for American media. The founder of CNN revolutionized how news gets delivered by launching the world's first 24-hour news channel in 1980, forever changing how information reaches people. His billion-dollar donation to the United Nations and ownership of the Atlanta Braves show a legacy that stretched far beyond television.
Right narrative
Turner's real legacy is the 24/7 cable news machine that became a Democrat propaganda powerhouse and weaponized media against conservatives. The nonstop news cycle Turner invented pushed left-leaning agendas and laid the groundwork for the biased media landscape that dominates today. That kind of damage to public trust doesn't disappear just because the man behind it is gone.