Saluting the man who made news the star

Ted Turner built CNN to make the world better. That idea is lost - but not gone for good.

CNN founder Ted Turner died Wednesday at his home near Tallahassee, Florida. He was 87, and had been living with Lewy body dementia for years. Ted invented 24-hour news, built a broadcasting empire from nothing, and changed forever how the world understands itself. But the idea he pioneered - that news itself could be the star - has already been gone fo…