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Turner: CNN Focuses Too Much on Perverts

According to the article: "CNN should cover international news and the environment, not the 'pervert of the day,' network founder Ted Turner said Wednesday as the first 24-hour news network turned 25."

Yes. Lots of people have spoken about this (even I spoke about it in this post), but you would like to think that Ted Turner has a certain amount of clout.

CNN's response would be, "but, but, when we put Michael Jackson on the home page, people click on it!" That is true, some people do click on it. But if CNN put pornography on its home page, even more people would click. So why doesn't CNN publish porn? It is because CNN has drawn a line that says, "no porn". All that Ted Truner and everyone else is saying to CNN is, "draw another line that says, 'no perverts.'" CNN should cover the news, not perverts. Let People magazine or the National Enquirer cover the perverts.