One attendee of last night's ARCO event asked how Turner felt about the Bush administration's plans, announced yesterday, "not to worry about carbon dioxide emissions."
Turner's attention and money have turned recently to philanthropy, including a $1 billion gift to the United Nations and a focus on nuclear weapons proliferation and the environment.
"I just lost my job and my wife," Turner replied. "Do you have any other bad news?"
Turner's award last night comes as religious leaders have attacked him for offensive comments he made at a CNN employee event last week.
Turner, speaking to about 300 employees at a retirement party for CNN anchor Bernard Shaw, reportedly noticed ashes on an employee's forehead in honor of Ash Wednesday.
"I was looking at this woman and I was trying to figure out what was on her forehead. At first I thought you were in the earthquake" that day in Seattle, Turner reportedly said.
"I realized you're just Jesus freaks. Shouldn't you guys be working for Fox?" he reportedly said.
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