{"id":2599454,"date":"2026-05-06T12:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ted-turner-was-devastated-by-cnn-going-woke\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:37:19","slug":"trump-says-ted-turner-was-devastated-by-cnn-going-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ted-turner-was-devastated-by-cnn-going-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Ted Turner was &#8216;devastated&#8217; by CNN going woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-ted-turner-was-devastated-by-cnn-going-woke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599454&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump marked the death of CNN founder Ted Turner,calling him \u201cone of the greats in broadcast history.\u201d Turner died at 87 after complications from Lewy body Dementia, wich he disclosed publicly in 2018. Trump praised Turner for creating CNN in 1980 and described him as personally devastated by CNN\u2019s ownership changes, which Trump said led the network to become \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes Turner\u2019s role in pioneering 24\/7 cable news, influencing how cable news developed into today\u2019s nonstop news cycle. It further points to an upcoming merger in which Paramount Skydance is set to acquire Warner Bros. (including CNN), with regulatory review underway and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lavrov-says-russia-ready-to-meet-zelensky-in-his-capacity-as-de-facto-head-of-the-regime\/\" title=\"Lavrov says Russia ready to meet Zelensky in his capacity as &#039;de facto head of the regime&#039;\">trump expressing hope<\/a> the new owners can restore CNN\u2019s credibility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president-donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17568\">President Donald Trump<\/a> responded to the death of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"732\">CNN<\/a> founder Ted Turner on Wednesday by calling him \u201cone of the greats in Broadcast History.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner, 87, died after a battle with Lewy Body Dementia, a diagnosis he disclosed publicly in 2018. The media tycoon launched CNN in 1980 as the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-partisanship-and-profanity-save-cnn-from-its-ratings-collapse\/\" title=\"Can Partisanship And Profanity Save CNN From Its Ratings Collapse?\">24-hour cable news channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4557128\/trump-says-ted-turner-devastated-cnn-going-woke\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Ted Turner was \u201cdevastated\u201d by CNN going woke<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4557121\/watch-live-donald-melania-trump-mothers-day-event\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Donald and Melania Trump attend Mother\u2019s Day event<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4557000\/soil-dumped-east-wing-demolition-toxic-metals-national-park-service\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Soil dumped from East Wing demolition has toxic level of metals: NPS<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cTed Turner, one of the Greats of All Time, just died,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116528208383447126\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a> Wednesday. \u201cHe founded CNN, sold it, and was personally devastated by the Deal because the new ownership took CNN, his \u2018baby,\u2019 and destroyed it. It became woke, and everything that he is not all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Through CNN, Turner is widely credited with pioneering 24\/7\u00a0cable news. His major rivals then adopted the format, which helped to establish today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >news-saturated media environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount Skydance is set to acquire Warner Brothers, which includes CNN, after Netflix declined to increase its offer.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4557011\/media-pioneer-ted-turner-dead-87\/\"><strong>MEDIA PIONEER TED TURNER DEAD AT 87<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Ellison, CEO of Skydance Media and owner of CBS News, is an ally of Trump. While the merger agreement has been in place, it now faces regulatory review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the new buyers, wonderful people, will be able to bring it back to its former credibility and glory,\u201d Trump said of the agreement in the same Truth Social post. \u201cRegardless, however, one of the Greats of Broadcast History, and a friend of mine. Whenever I needed him, he was there, always willing to fight for a good cause!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump called Ted Turner \u201cone of the greats\u201d after his death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2599455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP783202097204.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[50623,32490,79206,3634,36456],"class_list":["post-2599454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-cnn-2","tag-media-bias","tag-ted-turner","tag-trump","tag-woke-culture"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP783202097204.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599454"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599458,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599454\/revisions\/2599458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}