Yes, I saw some of those. Their version of CNN was different than here, but
just as radically leftwing IMO! Maybe it was just the weekend crew vs. the
weekday one, but I didn't recognize most of the anchors or hosts on it.
On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11:15:07 AM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote:
>
> I lived in Germany for about three years fairly recently, and most all
> European Cable Companies are carrying the "French" English speaking
> channel, ("France 24"; "FP") as well as the Chinese; ("CCTV") Ya'll
> already menioned Russia's "RT". More and more European hotels are carrying
> these stations as well as the Deutsche Welle which also broadcasts one
> channel in English; in concert with CNN, Bloomberg and the BBC.
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 12:06 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum <
> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>>
>> Yep, exactly! You could get anything and everything. The raw unedited
>> sports stuff was a blast; so were news feeds! They'd go on and on during
>> every commercial break live as if they didn't know it was being seen by
>> anyone. Too much fun.
>>
>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 11:22:04 PM UTC-4, gtheist957 wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you talking about the big c-band satellite dishes that rotated.
>>> Those were great you could get raw unedited news feeds Arab sitcoms and
>>> variety shows and all manner of odd programming
>>>
>>> On Sep 2, 2016 10:13 PM, "'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum" <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yep, I was in Europe for a couple of weeks this summer and watched
>>>> mostly BBC and Bloomberg for news. Most of the others were in German,
>>>> though, which I don't speak. ;)
>>>>
>>>> I found it interesting to see the assortment of news channels like Al
>>>> Jazeera and Russia Times along with some from Japan, China, and several
>>>> other places. Heck we probably have access to them here but I've never
>>>> watched most of them.
>>>>
>>>> We used to have one of those massive (commercial sized) satellite
>>>> dishes and it got stuff from everywhere. For years we'd have a big party
>>>> on
>>>> Race Day here - the Indy 500 is always blacked out locally, but we could
>>>> get it from anywhere else in the country. I miss that thing. It also
>>>> picked
>>>> up the uncut version of the sportscasts and the announcers cussing and
>>>> making fun of people, lol. It was much more fun than scripted tv sometimes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 6:57:28 PM UTC-4, Kamakazee wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've shut them down, used to check the site almost hourly on the
>>>>> phone. I quit 'em. Looking at options, BBC and Bloomberg are looking
>>>>> good.
>>>>>
>>>>> I tell ya, when I'm overseas I was a lot of Al Jeezera, good stuff,
>>>>> believe it or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 5:35:44 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there, Kamakazee. Of course you are welcome here; we always like
>>>>>> new faces. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I couldn't agree more with you on CNN. I saw it somewhat over the
>>>>>> years, but now it's off the charts when it comes to being dishonest and
>>>>>> biased. They are just as bad as - if not worse than - MSNBC. And the
>>>>>> problem is, they have a larger audience, as they always *had* the title
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> being the moderate or objective source for cable news in between the
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> two.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you seen this video of ten minutes of them cutting mics of
>>>>>> guests on their show? It's hilarious:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.dailywire.com/news/8285/nine-minutes-cnn-cutting-guests-who-dare-critcize-chase-stephens
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 5:07:48 PM UTC-4, Kamakazee wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey Perp Person, I've heard quite a few good things about you from
>>>>>>> Navy, mind if I hang here for a whilst?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS. I'm done with CNN. Sent them a nasty email. I remember when
>>>>>>> their cable show went 24 hours. Might have been 79 or so? Right
>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>> Christmas I think. I remember staying up all night playing with a slot
>>>>>>> car
>>>>>>> set I got for Xmas watching news over night. I was in heaven. Now CNN
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> hell. Every, and I mean every, story they have on the election is
>>>>>>> slanted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 1:22:17 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Clinton News Network simply can't help themselves! Thankfully
>>>>>>>> more and more people are waking up every day to the unbelievable
>>>>>>>> amount of
>>>>>>>> bias and outright LIES perpetuated by the joke of a media we have in
>>>>>>>> America.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/31/good-samaritan-saves-infant-hln-censors-his-trump-shirt-video/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Watch the two videos. Not only did they blur out the t-shirt in the
>>>>>>>> second, but they changed the video entirely to show stills of the
>>>>>>>> scene
>>>>>>>> instead of the hero wearing the Trump shirt.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When caught and called out for it, the pathetic network's response
>>>>>>>> was that it was a "mistake". Their only mistake was in getting caught;
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> is what CNN has been all about for years, and never more so than this
>>>>>>>> election season.
>>>>>>>>
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