Editing Ted Turner (section)

== Politics ==
[[File:The Chairman, UN Foundation, Mr. Ted Turner calling on the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on December 16, 2005 (1).jpg|thumb|Ted Turner calling on the Prime Minister of India, [[Manmohan Singh|Dr. Manmohan Singh]], in New Delhi, 2005]]
[[File:Secretary Kerry Greets Environmental Activist Ted Turner Before Addressing a UN Foundation-Hosted Breakfast Meeting Focused on the Ocean in Paris (22977278124).jpg|thumb|Turner and U.S. Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] in December 2015]]
On September 19, 2006, in a Reuters Newsmaker conference, Turner said of Iran's nuclear position: "They're a sovereign state. We have 28,000. Why can't they have 10? We don't say anything about Israel{{nsmdns}}they've got 100 of them approximately{{nsmdns}}or India or Pakistan or Russia."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/ted-turner-adopt-china-one-child-policy-save-planet/y7rKRuXh7LrLUc5aMrA95N/|title=Ted Turner: Adopt China's one-child policy to save planet|last=Boone|first=Christian|date=December 8, 2010|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>

A proponent of [[America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009|healthcare reform bills]], Turner has said: "We’re the only first-world country that doesn't have [[universal healthcare]] and it's a disgrace."<ref name="creativeleadershipsummit.org">"[http://www.creativeleadershipsummit.org/?q=node/788/ Working Lunch 1: In Conversation with Ted Turner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202025536/http://www.creativeleadershipsummit.org/?q=node%2F788%2F |date=February 2, 2016 }}." Global Creative Leadership Summit, September 2009.</ref>

In 2010, during the wake of both the devastating [[Environmental impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill|Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster]] and the [[Upper Big Branch Mine disaster]] that killed 29 miners in [[West Virginia]], Turner stated on CNN that "I'm just wondering if God is telling us he doesn't want to drill offshore. And right before that, we had that coal mine disaster in West Virginia where we lost 29 miners&nbsp;... Maybe the Lord's tired of having the mountains of West Virginia, the tops knocked off of them so they may get more coal. I think maybe we ought to just leave the coal in the ground and go with solar and wind power and geothermals&nbsp;..."<ref>"Stupid Quotes." In ''The Limbaugh Letter.'' July 2010. p. 11.</ref>

Turner endorsed Democratic candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/33358570/ted-turner-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president|title=Ted Turner endorses Hillary Clinton for President|publisher=Fox Carolina|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-date=December 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209091526/http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/33358570/ted-turner-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018 he revealed he had once considered a run for president when he was married to [[Jane Fonda]], who told him she would leave him if he did.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/f7b33517be064bb3aa50b47305a93e79/CNN-founder-Turner-says-network-is-too-heavy-on-politics|title=CNN founder Turner says network is too heavy on politics|author=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=AP News|date=September 28, 2018|access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

===Curbing population growth===

Along with advocating for clean water and improved stewardship of the land, Turner established the Turner Foundation to address ways to curb population growth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tedturner.com/foundations/turner-foundation/#:~:text=The%20Turner%20Foundation%20(TFI)%2C,to%20curb%20population%20growth%20rates |title=Turner Foundation |publisher=Turner Enterprises Inc. |access-date=September 1, 2021 }}</ref> Turner has put $125 million of his own money into the foundation and has set aside $6 million per year to address population growth rates. Addressing the issue at a Montana gathering in 1996 he said "I'm not talking about getting rid of anybody here, I've got 5 children myself." He went on to discuss hunger and poverty and ways to address those issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ted-turner-talks-of-overpopulation/article_1043f1be-541e-52eb-8b99-3dadccf02628.html#:~:text=Turner%20said%20he%20also%20put,to%20two%20billion%20or%20less |title=Ted Turner talks of overpopulation |work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle |date=September 18, 1996 |access-date=September 1, 2021 }}</ref>

In 2009 Turner met with other business moguls to include [[Oprah Winfrey]], [[Bill Gates]], [[George Soros]] and [[David Rockefeller]] to address issues ranging from the environment to healthcare. The group also addressed population growth with discussion of vaccines and immunization efforts being criticized due to the perception that decision making and public policy could be directed by a handful of elites. Although no formal statement was released, the event was covered by Paul Harris for ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/31/new-york-billionaire-philanthropists |title=They're called the Good Club – and they want to save the world |work=The Guardian |last=Harris |first=Paul |date=May 31, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2021 }}</ref>