Doomed

“We need to understand all people that are like us, and that are different than us. We need to have more understanding. That’s one of the reasons that I started CNN, and did my best to try and get them to concentrate as much as I could on serious international news, so that people would be better informed. Because if we don’t have the right information today, we’re doomed.

—Ted Turner, media mogul and philanthropist, “Ted Turner: Telling It Like It Is,” U.N. Dispatch, Sept. 22, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Editorial Comment: You said it, Ted-o.

 

 

 

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