Ted Turner's picture really should appear in the dictionary for the entry "useful idiot."
The CNN founder -- who has previously called North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-il "sincere" and "non-threatening" -- today told NPR's Diane Rehm that the Chinese government's one-child policy has been mostly successful, without being "draconian" (as reported by TheRightScoop):
This is a quote from Ted that goes virtually unchallenged from Diane:
“We do have the example of China, and they’ve done it without, uh, draconian, as far as I can see, draconian steps.”
For the full blog item, check here.