I enjoy watching CNN International on occasion, as it provides me with more of a world view on news, which is increasingly in short supply in this country.
As I was watching it this weekend, a ticker feed started scrolling across the screen, saying that CNN International was going bye-bye, but we were still welcome to watch 'regular' CNN and CNN Headline News.
Hmmmm - I have DirecTV, which I heard was recently swallowed down the maw of the insidious Murdoch empire, which instantly made me suspicious.
So, I read this little entry from WaPo:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60249-2004Dec12_2.html:
CNN? Ailes rips the overseas network CNN International, "or, as we call it, the anti-American channel." He likens it to the BBC and al-Jazeera in that "you can't find a whole lot good about America." CNN spokesman Matthew Furman says the international network "works hard to provide its global audience with a range of news without any political or national perspective."
Censoring DIRTBAG!! What's next?!?
There's more of his bile-spewing from the above referenced article. His arrogance knows absolutely no bounds, and his power should scare the bejeebus out of all of us....