💬 Opinion May 10, 2026 · Francis P. Sempa

One Cheer for Ted Turner

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The esteemed editor of this journal, Paul Kengor, wrote a fitting R.I.P. for Ted Turner, the billionaire media mogul who died recently at the age of 87. He was a man of many contradictions, as Kengor pointed out — “an innovator, an entrepreneur, a free-market pioneer,” a southerner, who called himself a socialist, and an atheist to boot who was apparently downright hostile to Christianity. Kengor rightly credits Turner for creating Turner Classic Movies (TCM), but he omitted one more worthwhile

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