Jane Finda's ex—husband has invoked Adolph Hitler in explaining Fox News Channel's dominance of his creation CNN. According to Drudge, speakiong at the NATPE Convention in Las Vegas (the National Association of Television Programming Executives annual meeting is the pre—eminent marketplace for syndicated programming sales). A durect quote is not provided, but here is Drudge's summary:

Ted Turner called FOX an arm of the Bush administration and compared FOXNEWS's popularity to Hitler's popular election to run Germany before WWII.

Turner made the controversial comments in Las Vegas before a standing—room—only crowd at the National Association for Television Programming Executives's opening session.

His no—nonsense, humorous approach during the one—hour Q&A generated frequent loud applause and laughter, BROADCASTING & CABLE reports.

While FOX may be the largest news network [and has overtaken Turner's CNN], it's not the best, Turner said.

He followed up by pointing out that Adolf Hitler got the most votes when he was elected to run Germany prior to WWII. He said the network is the propaganda tool for the Bush Administration.

Such language, of course, only discredits the speaker. Turenr has once again disgraced himself, and owes Fox and the American people an apology.

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