Editing Ted Turner (section)

=== Rivalry with Murdoch ===
Turner had a long-running feud with fellow cable magnate Rupert Murdoch for years. This originated in 1983 when a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with the yacht skippered by Turner, ''[[Condor (yacht)|Condor]]'', during the [[Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]], causing it to run aground {{convert|6.2|mi|km}} from the finish line. At the post-race dinner, a drunken Turner verbally assaulted Murdoch, afterward challenging him to a televised fistfight in [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2009/12/murdochs_rivalries.html |title=Rupert Murdoch and the Art of War |author=Daily Intelligencer |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=December 23, 2009 |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

Murdoch's [[Fox News]], established in 1996, became a rival to Turner's CNN, a channel that Murdoch regarded with disdain for its "liberal slant" in news coverage. Time Warner declined to carry it on their New York City cable network in response, who in the midst of a merger, Turner said would "squash Rupert Murdoch like a bug."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/05/nyregion/cable-news-feud-has-personal-and-political-roots.html |title=Cable News Feud Has Personal and Political Roots |first=Mark |last=Landler |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 5, 1996 |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

In 2003, Turner challenged Murdoch to another fistfight, and later on accused Murdoch of being a "warmonger" for his support and backing of President [[George W. Bush]]'s [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="turnermurdoch">{{cite news |title=Turner: Murdoch is a 'warmonger' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/apr/25/newscorporation.pressandpublishing |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=April 23, 2003 |access-date=March 12, 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/ted-turner-wants-rupert-murdoch-step-down/337730/|title=Ted Turner Still Happy to Spar with Rupert Murdoch |first=Adam Clark |last=Estes |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=September 20, 2011 |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

However, revealing in an interview with ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in 2019, Turner said he and Murdoch have since made amends.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/features/ted-turner-interview-cnn-mgm-1203183345/|title=Ted Turner: The Maverick Mogul Reflects on His Legacy, Big Deals and Old Feuds|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>