President Donald Trump has paid tribute to media pioneer Ted Turner following his demise at age 87, whereas concurrently launching an assault on NCS, the Cable News Network Turner based.
Donald Trump pays tribute to Ted Turner
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump described Turner as “one of the Greats of All Time” and “one of the Greats of Broadcast History.” He framed the tribute round Turner’s relationship with NCS, the groundbreaking 24-hour information channel launched in 1980 that reshaped global journalism.
Trump wrote that Turner was “personally devastated” after promoting the community, claiming new possession “took NCS, his ‘baby,’ and destroyed it.” Without offering particular proof for Turner’s non-public emotions, Trump asserted the community’s route had diverged solely from its founder’s imaginative and prescient. “It became woke, and everything that he is not all about,” Trump wrote.
The president then referenced Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, NCS’s present guardian firm, expressing cautious optimism concerning the community’s trajectory. “Maybe the new buyers, wonderful people, will be able to bring it back to its former credibility and glory,” he mentioned. Donald Trump’s characterization of his private relationship with Ted Turner was heat. “Whenever I needed him, he was there, always willing to fight for a good cause,” he wrote, describing Turner as “a friend of mine.”
The media pioneer offered Turner Broadcasting to Time Warner in 1995. He later stepped down as vice chairman of the merged firm in 2003 following the broadly criticized AOL-Time Warner merger, and departed the board solely in 2006. While Turner did voice criticisms of the media trade after promoting his firm, his documented considerations centered totally on company consolidation somewhat than editorial route.
Turner, who donated to candidates from each events throughout his profession, endorsed Hillary Clinton over Trump within the 2016 presidential election. At the time, Turner wrote that Clinton was “on the front line fighting for what is right.”