That's fascinating. On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11:29:29 AM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: > > <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] <javascript:>> 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-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. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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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