{"author_name":"The Excerpt","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/f36b925e-fd04-4063-8005-41746eb48cde","description":"<p><a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/05/06/ted-turner-dead-cnn-tbs-tbt/6806180001/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, passed away last week at the age of 87</a>. His impact on cable TV and the news industry writ large will endure for generations to come. Michael Socolow, a media scholar and a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, joins The Excerpt to share his insights.</p><p>Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to <a href=\"mailto:podcasts@usatoday.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@usatoday.com</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Episode transcript <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/13/cnn-has-lately-moved-away-from-hard-news-to-more-opinion-programming-the-excerpt/90058629007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">available here</a>.&nbsp;</p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/f36b925e-fd04-4063-8005-41746eb48cde/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"With CNN, Ted Turner profoundly changed the way we see the world","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}