Editing Ted Turner (section)

== Controversial comments ==
[[File:Ted Turner with ex-wife Jane Fonda 1992.jpg|thumb|right|With wife [[Jane Fonda]] in 1992]]
Turner once called observers of [[Ash Wednesday]] "[[Jesus freak]]s", though he apologized,<ref name=Timeschristians>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/business/mediatalk-aol-sees-a-different-side-of-time-warner.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|title=MediaTalk; AOL Sees a Different Side of Time Warner |author=Jim Rutenberg|date=March 19, 2001}}</ref> and dubbed opponents of [[abortion]] "[[Bozo the Clown|bozos]]".<ref name=Timeschristians />

In 1999, Turner made a joke about [[Polish joke|Polish mine detector]]s when asked about [[Pope John Paul II]]. After a harsh response from the Polish deputy foreign minister [[Radek Sikorski]], Turner apologized.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/282851.stm|title=BBC News – Europe – Heard the one about Ted Turner ...|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref>

In 2002, Turner accused [[Israel]] of terror: "The [[Palestinians]] are fighting with human [[Suicide attack|suicide bombers]], that's all they have. The Israelis ... they've got one of the most powerful military machines in the world. The Palestinians have nothing. So who are the terrorists? I would make a case that both sides are involved in terrorism." He apologized for that and the remarks in 2011 about the [[Hijackers in the September 11 attacks|9/11 hijackers]], but also defended himself: "Look, I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word ... I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jun/18/terrorismandthemedia.israel| title=CNN chief accuses Israel of terror| date=June 18, 2002| first1=Oliver |last1=Burkeman |first2=Peter |last2=Beaumont |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref>

Also in 2008, Turner asserted on [[PBS]]'s ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]]'' that if steps are not taken to address [[global warming]], most people would die and "the rest of us will be [[Human cannibalism|cannibals]]". Turner also said in the interview that he advocated Americans having no more than two children. In 2010, he stated that China's [[one-child policy]] should be implemented.<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| date=December 8, 2010| first=Christian |last=Boone| work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>