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"Ted Who?" CNN distanced itself from its founder's claim that Israel practices "terrorism". mrc.org Ted Who? In an interview published on Tuesday in London’s left-wing Guardian newspaper, AOL Time Warner Vice Chairman and its largest shareholder, Ted Turner, characterized Israel as terrorist, saying of Israel and the Palestinians: “I would make a case that both sides are involved in terrorism." So, both victim and perpetrator are equally guilty in Turner’s mind. Without ever challenging the accuracy of the quotes, the founder of CNN on Tuesday, in a statement rushed onto CNN and read more than once on the air during the day, tried to back down from what he said. During Inside Politics, Judy Woodruff followed Turner’s effort to “clarify” his comments with a statement from CNN. As viewers saw the text filling the screen, Woodruff relayed it: “Ted Turner's views are his own and they do not in any way reflect the views of CNN." "Ted Who?" CNN distanced itself from its founder's claim that Israel practices "terrorism" Turner may no longer have any day-to-day control over CNN, but he certainly has some influence and when he got into trouble for his labeling of Israel as terrorist he was able to use CNN as a platform from which to “clarify” what he told the British reporter. “CNN chief accuses Israel of terror,” blared the headline over a story in the June 18 Guardian. An excerpt from the story by Oliver Burkeman in New York and Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem: Ted Turner, the billionaire founder of CNN, accuses Israel today of engaging in "terrorism" against the Palestinians, in comments that threaten to lead to a further decline in the news network's already poor relations with the Jewish state. "Aren't the Israelis and the Palestinians both terrorising each other?" says Turner, who is vice-chairman of AOL Time Warner, which owns CNN, in an exclusive interview with the Guardian. "The Palestinians are fighting with human 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."... In his first British interview since the September 11 attacks, Mr Turner -- who broke philanthropic records in 1997 when he donated $1bn to the UN -- argues that poverty and desperation are the root cause of Palestinian suicide bombings. But Daniel Seaman, a spokesman for the Israeli government, said: "My only advice to Ted Turner is if people assume you are stupid, it is just best to keep your mouth shut rather than open your mouth and confirm everyone in that view.".... Mr. Turner is moved to tears at one point in the interview by the "depressing" combination of conflicts like that in the Middle East and the state of the environment, which he says demands massive global attention -- "or, you know...it's goodbye."... For the Guardian story in full: guardian.co.uk