For someone like me who has been immersed in the media industry his entire career, the passing of Ted Turner is not only sad news, but also is a time for remembrance of how he singlehandedly transformed television news. He was everything all the tributes to him have expressed. First and foremost though, he was a great media visionary and the person most responsible for bringing about a far greater diversity of electronic news information. Some quite intentionally—some not his intention at all.