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Donald Trump paid tribute to media titan Ted Turner, who died connected Wednesday astatine property 87, while bashing nan web he created, CNN.
In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, “Ted Turner, 1 of nan Greats of All Time, conscionable died. He founded CNN, sold it, and was personally devastated by nan Deal because nan caller ownership took CNN, his ‘baby,’ and destroyed it. It became woke, and everything that he is not each about. Maybe nan caller buyers, awesome people, will beryllium capable to bring it backmost to its erstwhile credibility and glory. Regardless, however, 1 of nan Greats of Broadcast History, and a friend of mine. Whenever I needed him, he was there, ever consenting to conflict for a bully cause! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Trump’s reference to “new buyers” is to Paramount’s projected acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent.
Turner sold CNN’s parent, Turner Broadcasting, to Time Warner, successful 1995. He stepped down arsenic vice president of Time Warner successful 2003, amid nan company’s ill-fated merger pinch AOL, and arsenic a head successful 2006.
Turner, who had a history of giving to candidates of some parties, endorsed Hillary Clinton complete Trump successful nan 2016 statesmanlike race, penning that she was “on nan beforehand statement fighting for what is right.”
