Ted Turner hasn't had anything to do with them in years???????? AOL Time-Warner owns CNN, which Ted Turner led until very recently (2/3 weeks ago...)
And, as far as CNN not being left-biased....it is, although only very recently they've made strides to not be so left-wing....
"Viewers who have walked across the cable news street aren't imagining things. Liberal bias at CNN is real. In the early years, CNN's bias came largely from the embarrassing interventions of founder Ted Turner. He pushed his channel into embarrassing pro-communist documentaries, strident pro-abortion specials, and glassy-eyed adorations of United Nations summits indicting capitalism for killing the planet.
Another dynamic affected CNN over the years. As it grew in popularity and prestige, it began accepting refugees from the liberal broadcast networks, liberals who arrived with their partisan arrogance intact. From on-air sermonizers (think Bruce Morton) to off-air Clinton promoters (think Rick Kaplan), CNN welcomed journalists who joyfully brought a big yellow Magic Marker to highlight their new network's liberal inclinations.
In spite of these things there were many conservatives routing for CNN's success. By the very nature of its 24-hour, all-news format, CNN has never matched ABC, CBS, or NBC for everyday in-your-face imbalance. Its greater carrying capacity for political debate has offered more opportunities for the conservative viewpoint. From its first days, "Crossfire" offered what was once rare: a nightly form for a vigorous war of ideas, with Pat Buchanan touting the Reagan line and Tom Braden pushing for Tip O'Neill.
Now Fox has stolen CNN's thunder, and it's Isaacson's job to try and get it back. Sure, Democrats and liberal bias enthusiasts hated that GOP meeting. It symbolized that Fox has forced another media outlet to confront the effect of a left leaning bias that has turned away its audience. Fox boss Roger Ailes couldn't help but enjoy the prospect with a poke: "I think it is a real sign of progress that after [21] years, CNN has found out that there's more than one point of view."
Isaacson has to do more than just meet and greet conservatives. Other network bosses at CNN and elsewhere have been there and done that. If he wants to compete for CNN's lost audience, he has to demonstrate on the tube that he understands the bias problem and will take steps to fix it. CNN will have to offer balance - no more reports of "very moderate" Democratic conventions versus "far right" GOP conventions, for example. And it has to offer something more. Respect. Offer the notion that conservatives aren't three-eyed, slack-jawed aliens with dangerous attitudes who must be demonized before they're heard.
If CNN does that, conservatives are honor-bound to reciprocate. "
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Originally posted by Danny_C
CNN is hardly liberal, and Ted Turner hasn't had anything to do with them for a long time... although he did try to buy it back, but couldn't afford it (or so I heard a few days ago).
I'd say all cable news is right-leaning. There are plenty of centrist shows, a few 2-sided debate shows, several blatantly right-leaning show, and a single left-leaning show that I know of (Donahue, which, I should point out, has the most frank and unafraid debate format of any of them).
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