First they lost Overpopulation Bomb propagandist and pseudoscience charlatan Paul Ehrlich.

And now they've lost Ted Turner.

That's right, Ted Turner (everyone's least-favourite media mogul) kicked the bucket this week at the ripe old age of 87. He is survived by five children, fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren—a family whose size, it must be admitted, is rather odd for a depopulation enthusiast who advocated for a one-child policy. But that's how things roll for the neo-Malthusians: plenty of progeny for me, only one for thee!

So, who was Ted Turner, really? And what does his death actually mean for the depopulation agenda of the globalist jet set?

Let's find out!

If you want to understand the establishment's version of the life and death of Ted Turner, you could of course turn to the newspaper of record, The New York Times. There, you can read dutiful establishment stenographer Jonathan Kendall's treatment of Turner's life and legacy, "Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87."

If and when you do read that piece, you'll discover that Turner was a "media mogul who cut a brash and vivid figure." You'll also learn that Turner pioneered the cable television industry by "creating the 24-hour news cycle" and that he died this past Wednesday at the age of 87 after a battle with "Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder."

Then, you'll hear that "Mr. Turner's signature creation was CNN—the Cable News Network—which revolutionized television news in 1980 by presenting it all hours of the day and eventually inspiring other media operations to follow suit."

You'll be told that "in 1996, he merged his conglomerate, Turner Broadcasting System, with Time Warner to create one of the world's largest media companies."

Finally, you'll discover that he not only captained the winning yacht in the America's Cup race in 1977 but also took an active role in purchasing and promoting the Atlanta Braves baseball team. "I'm trying to set the all-time record for achievement by one person in one lifetime," he is quoted as saying. This ambition, he was happy to tell others, puts him "in pretty big company: Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Gandhi, Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, Washington, Roosevelt, Churchill." (Devoted NYT lapdog Kendall concedes, to his credit, that "[n]ot even his staunchest admirers placed Mr. Turner on that high a pedestal.")

Nonetheless, the entire piece serves as an encomium to a "Great Man" rather than a stark warning about the power and influence that billionaire media monopolists wield in the modern era of state capitalism, let alone how that power and influence can be wielded for malevolent ends.