Come on, Ted, Take Your Network Back

Ted Turner doesn't like the direction that CNN is headed in. I don't blame him. It was a lot better when he ran it. Remember "Earth Matters"? Or "CNN World Report"? Or "Future Watch"? Those were good shows, and made for a much happier viewing experience than the combination of administration shilling and courtroom analysis that CNN's current bosses seem to think will help them compete with Fox News. They'd be much better off understanding that they're not really competing with Fox News. Fox News exists for the purpose of befogging the gullible and extolling the vicious. If NewsCorp wants to corner the market on that, let them. CNN would be better off if they got back to who they were, with one addition--a prime time news show, replacing "Larry King Live"--that spent a full hour debunking Fox News's whoppers. They'd never run out of material, and it would be fun enough that I might consider getting expanded basic cable to tune in.

Ted, it's time to get back to where you once belonged.