Ted Turner, R.I.P. Never got to see CNN when I lived in Washington, D.C., which did not have cable television until long after many places in Americas (result of backward Mayor Marion Barry's maladministration). Remember finally seeing CNN when I was Appalachian Observer Editor in Clinton, Tennessee, where Anderson County Commissioners approved cable tv, one developing neighborhood at a time. Later, Iremember watching CNN International in the middle of the night in my 11th floor Radisson hotel room in Knoxville when I was in town litigating environmental and nucelar whistleblower cases. One of the outstanding anchors was Brian James Nelson, who is now our neighbor here in St. Augustine, Met Mr. Nelson at a meeting of the St. Augustine City Commission, when he was seated in the row behind me, with a professional camera and telephoto lens: I heard his voice and remembered hearing it on CNN International in the middle of the night as we were preparing for the next day's trials before our United States Department of Labor Administrative Law Judges. Ted Turner hired magnificent journalists like Mr. Nelson, who together helped transform journalism in America. From New York Times//The Athletic:
Ted Turner, media mogul and former Atlanta Braves owner, dies at 87
Ted Turner owned the Braves when they won the 1995 World Series. V.J. Lovero / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images
Ted Turner, the media mogul who owned the Atlanta Braves for decades and used his cable empire to boost the team’s visibility throughout North America, has died at the age of 87, a family spokesperson said Wednesday.
The creator of CNN and eventual founder of TBS and TNT, which became must-have channels for sports fans, Turner purchased the Braves in 1976 and presided over the team during its 1995 World Series championship and 1996 construction of Turner Field, which was also an important venue during the Atlanta Olympics.
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