Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, recently stated that the network is too connected with politics, according to The Hill.
An Overview of Turner’s Remarks
Turner shared the following statements during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning:
“I think they’re sticking with politics a little too much. They’d do better to have a more balanced agenda. But that’s, you know, just one person’s opinion.”
Turner also spoke about Lewy body dementia, a clinical disease which he suffers from:
“It’s a mild case of what people have as Alzheimer’s. It’s similar to that. But not nearly as bad. Alzheimer’s is fatal.”
Ted Turner’s complete interview is scheduled to air on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
More on CNN and Politics
As a whole, the American people’s consensus regarding CNN is quite diverse. Some individuals favor the network; others conversely believe that CNN is a perpetrator of “fake news.”
The controversy surrounding the network mainly started upon President Donald Trump’s 2016 entry into the political arena. Then-candidate Trump expressed concerns that CNN (and other networks) intentionally misrepresented him or gave bad press for the sake of providing political aide to Hillary Clinton. Of course, CNN has fervently denied these assertions.
