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BG:CNN has been going downhill since Turner lost control of it, though he in and of himself was his worst P.R. campaign.

There was a story a couple years ago about famed financial reporter Stuart Varney; British guy, real likeable sorta' pudgy face, who was filling in the slot occupied by the self-serving prophecy which is Lou Dobbs.

Seems as if it was Ash Wednesday, and Varney is a devout Catholic. So, he goes to church, gets ashes rubbed on his forehead, so forth and so on.

Stuart goes into work afterward, with the ashes still on his head (strict Catholics don't wash the ashes off - it's a sin, you know).

Anyway, Ted walks in and more-or-less announces, "I wish these religious freaks would get over themselves," and hence Varney quit on the spot.

Mouth of the South.

Anyone read the Forbes article about him? Not that I weep for a guy who's down to his last "billion," but I'm not sure his ship isn't sunk at this point. No one's listening to "The Mouth of the South" anymore.

I think Teddy's last great effort will be to find Steve Case and Gerald Levin (both of whom ruined Time Warner and CNN), and blowtorch 'em both.

But hey, you got to hand it to Ted. He is a great lover of Capt'n Planet - the environmental superhero.