Ted Gets a Reprieve.(TedsTurnovers.com changes website content after terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, October, 2001 by Forkan, Jim
Some satirical Web sites, such as The Onion, haven't let the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks deter them from finding a tasteful way of finding humor in calamity. But executives at Cable News Network were cut a break when TedsTurnovers.com -- a site put up by laid-off CNN employees -- called something of a truce by pulling its regular content after the attacks.
The site -- which has typically ripped CNN's new celebrity focus and labeled a picture of Cliff Claven from Cheers as AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin (they actually do look alike) -- replaced its normal barbs with links to the American Red Cross and a simple message: "A time to connect not critique ... we ask that you do -- please:"
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