<Grin>! There is a different, sometimes refreshing perspective in Europan news, as compared to their American counterparts. I can understand why some like al Jazeera; I too watched it a good bit, along with RT when in Deutschland, England and Germany when I was traveling so extensively a few years ago.
Having said that, CNN can sometimes seem conservative (Depending on the issues!) as compared to other European news outlets. On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 11:23 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> 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-infan >>>>>>>>> t-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. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>> >>>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>>> * It's active and moderated. 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