Trump pays tribute to late Ted Turner: 'A friend of mine'
Media Industry,CNN,Journalists,Journalism,Death,Television,History,Big Business,Donald Trump
President Donald Trump on Wednesday paid tribute to the late Ted Turner, who died the same day at the age of 87.
Turner was best known as the founder of CNN, a prominent news network with which Trump has repeatedly traded barbs in recent years.
"Ted Turner, one of the Greats of All Time, just died. He founded CNN, sold it, and was personally devastated by the Deal because the new ownership took CNN, his 'baby,' and destroyed it," Trump posted on Truth Social. "It became woke, and everything that he is not all about."...
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