January 25, 2005
Idiot Box
Someone check the lid, Ted Turner has gotten out of his again...
Ted Turner managed to evade his medical caretakers and found his way to a NATPE convention, where he made some incendiary remarks about the object of his contempt, Fox News Channel, making some sort of inane allegorical reference between FNC and the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany.
Where to begin with this idiocy... do all popular events or movements all reflect the rise of Naziism in Germany? Why, because they are popular? By that bid of inbred logic, the rise of Trivial Pursuit and the hula hoop and American Idol all shadow the same rise in popularity that Naziism enjoyed in Germany. But Naziism isn't defeined by popularity, Ted, it is defined by a xenophobic anti-Semitic nationalist socialism that attacked the free nations it adjoined and liquidated wholesale those who were deemed untouchable races. So, other than that, I guess it reflects Fox News...
Allow me to venture an alternative explanation for Ted Turners invective toward Fox News Channel - FNC is kicking CNN's ass in the ratings on such a regular basis that it's no longer even a competitive contest. The lowest ranked nightly show on FNC routinely beats the highest ranked CNN show of the evening.
The real question is - what has Ted Turner done of late to make anyone think this idiot is worth listening to? Other than merge Time Warner with AOL in the biggest boondoggle in business history. Oh, and he also started the Goodwill Games... which I think are now carried on ESPN 8, "The Ocho"...
Some put him back in his box, and nail the lid shut...
Posted by MEC2 at January 25, 2005 01:55 PM