CNN founder Ted Turner calls Fox News Bush's propaganda machine
{{date|January 28, 2005}}

[[w:Ted Turner|Ted Turner]], the founder of [[w:CNN|CNN]], last Tuesday accused [[w:Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox News]] of being a [[w:propaganda model|propaganda]] mouthpiece for the Bush administration. He likened the network's current popularity to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in pre-war Germany, and criticised the "dumbing down" of news which left the public uninformed of crucial issues.

Turner said, "Adolf Hitler was more popular in Germany in the early 1930s than people that were running against him."

Fox News in turn accused CNN of simple sour grapes.

In a statement, the channel claimed that Ted was "understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind - we wish him well."

Turner resigned from his post as Vice President of AOL Time Warner in January 2003. He remains one of America's largest private landowners, possessing approximately two million acres of land.

Fox News remains the highest rating 24-hour news channel on US cable - but has been highly criticised for its perceived right-wing bias.

Recent House Committee on Government Reform figures by the US Democrats show that the US Administration spent over $US88 million on public relations contracts in 2004, of which 41 per cent were awarded on a non-competitive basis. 

== References ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4211395.stm |title= Fox News 'propaganda' says mogul |author= |pub=BBC News |date=January 27, 2005 }}
*{{source|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/274928p-235385c.html | title= Turner: Fox is Bush league | author= Owen Moritz |pub=NY Daily News |date=January 26, 2005 }}
*{{source|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/White-House-denies-tax-money-used-to-promote-policy/2005/01/27/1106415736487.html?oneclick=true
 |title=White House denies tax money used to promote policy |author= |pub=SMH.com.au |date=January 28, 2005 }}
*{{source|url=http://www.outfoxed.org/|title=Film: Outfoxed |author= |pub= |date=January 5, 2004 }}

   
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[[de:CNN Gründer Ted Turner kritisiert Fox TV als Propagandamaschine von US-Präsident Bush]]
[[sv:CNN:s grundare kallar Fox News "Bushs propagandamaskin"]]
Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, last Tuesday accused Fox News of being a propaganda mouthpiece for the Bush administration. He likened the network's current popularity to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in pre-war Germany, and criticised the "dumbing down" of news which left the public uninformed of crucial issues.

Turner said, "Adolf Hitler was more popular in Germany in the early 1930s than people that were running against him."

Fox News in turn accused CNN of simple sour grapes.

In a statement, the channel claimed that Ted was "understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind - we wish him well."

Turner resigned from his post as Vice President of AOL Time Warner in January 2003. He remains one of America's largest private landowners, possessing approximately two million acres of land.

Fox News remains the highest rating 24-hour news channel on US cable - but has been highly criticised for its perceived right-wing bias.

Recent House Committee on Government Reform figures by the US Democrats show that the US Administration spent over $US88 million on public relations contracts in 2004, of which 41 per cent were awarded on a non-competitive basis. 


de:CNN Gründer Ted Turner kritisiert Fox TV als Propagandamaschine von US-Präsident Bush
sv:CNN:s grundare kallar Fox News "Bushs propagandamaskin"
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