The president hopes the new owners of CNN will "bring it back to its former credibility and glory" Ted Turner , the founder of CNN , died today at 87 . True to form, President Donald Trump wasted no time in linking Turner’s death to his greater political plan.  After selling CNN in 1996, Turner, Trump wrote in a post on TruthSocial, “was personally devastated by the Deal because the new ownership took CNN, his ‘baby,’ and destroyed it. It became woke, and everything that he is not all about.” But then the president moved from personal and historical remembrance to a more clear indication of what he wants for the industry that Turner irrevocably shaped.  “Maybe the new buyers, wonderful people, will be able to bring it back to its former credibility and glory,” Trump wrote.  Trump is referring to the sale of Warner Brothers-Discovery to Paramount-Skydance, which already owns CBS News as well as a massive host of other media properties.…