Saporta Report
Getting to know Ted Turner — a multi-sided ‘eco-capitalist-humanitarian’
October 28, 2013
By Guest Columnist TODD WILKINSON, author of the new book: “Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet”
Ted Turner: Liberal or Conservative? Think hard before you reply.
Did you know that back in the late 1980s, Turner began spending summers away from Atlanta, retreating to the hinters of the wild American West, because it enabled him to live closer to the land and escape the annoying moniker “Mouth of the South”?
Or that contrary to popular opinion, Turner’s connection to Jane Fonda wasn’t centered around money, fame and power? In fact, they bonded over a mutual love of nature. Turner the sportsman taught Fonda how to hunt, fish and respect the Second Amendment. Fonda made Turner more aware that half of humanity—that’s most of the women in the world, guys—suffers from gross inequality compared to we men.
