Ted Turner - Raw and Unedited - Only on HDNet, February 6

Turner's Controversial Speech in which he Compares Fox News to Hitler will be Presented in its Entirety in a Special HDNet World Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - DALLAS - February 2, 2004 - HDNet cameras recorded cable television pioneer Ted Turner's captivating and controversial speech at the National Association for Television Programming Executive's (NATPE) annual conference in Las Vegas. HDNet will present the speech and audience Q&A, uninterrupted by commentary, in an HDNet World Report special presentation on Sunday, February 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

In the program entitled "Las Vegas: Ted Turner...Candid!", the outspoken billionaire openly shares his opinions about many topics including: - Media conglomerates: "They own everything. That's why I went into the restaurant business. Either that or I'd work for a salary for one of the big jerks." - Fox News' No. 1 news ranking: "Hitler was more popular in the '30s in Germany than the people running against him...Just because you're bigger doesn't mean you're right." - The war in Iraq: "We've spent 200 billion destroying Iraq...it's obscene and stupid." - Turner Network Group's merger with Time Warner: "the biggest mistake" he ever made.

HDNet's practice of delivering news raw, unedited, and free of commentary, allowing viewers to form their own opinions, has been welcomed with open arms by the television viewing community.

In response to HDNet's live, unedited coverage last weekend during the Iraq elections, one viewer said: "It was quite refreshing to see a news event of this magnitude as if I was there walking around and looking at things. It was made even better by not having a 'talking head' rattling on with some opinion or another."

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