I wish a liberal billionaire would buy CNN

[Eric J in MN]

from Time Warner.

Then there would be a place where the corruption of the Bush Administration is exposed which large numbers of people actually watch.

CNN's ratings have been so bad lately, Time Warner would probably be open to selling.

[Djinn]

1. to be a billionaire

he'd pretty much have to have interests in all the same corporations that make money from imperial conquest and ripping of the third world and tax payers in western nations - in short a vested interest in NOT telling the stories that really need to be told.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. No, Soros is pretty cool

[Djinn]

5. so if he owned CNN

do you think they'd run a story about financial impropriety at Soros Fund Management LLC, or the accusations of money laundering levelled at his foundation managers throughout the world?

The fact is that Soros made his money in international finance - an area with an amount of blood on it's hands that even Lady MacBeth wouldn't bother trying to remove. Soros' money has been accrued through investment in weapons, chemicals, pharma's, mining etc etc I have a lot of admiration for Soros but he has a bit of a blindfold on when it comes to the making of money - just like all big money makers, morality is not high on the list of priorities.

"When I sold sterling short in 1992, the Bank of England was on the other side of my transactions and I was taking money out of the pockets of British taxpayers. But if I had tried to take the social consequences into account, it would have thrown off my risk/reward calculations.... "

[ClassWarrior]

2. You do mean a Progressive billionaire, right?

Yup, the one that did own it - Ted T. - sold it.

NGU.

[Eric J in MN]

4. Ted Turner should buy it back.

Maybe other progressive billionaires would help him.

[Left Brain]

6. For the most part

it seems that the term "liberal billionnaire" is an oxymoron.

[Tace]

7. The Only Thing Of Value That CNN Owns Is A Spot On Basic Cable

for US cable subscribers. Everything else is a huge liability. The prize is the spot on basic cable.