CNN-Free Hotel Rooms

If you are a news junkie who’s used to flipping back and forth between all of the all-news television networks then you may want to be careful where you make your next hotel reservation. A Midwest hotel chain has pulled CNN from the TV channel lineup in its guest rooms, saying the cable network was aiding terrorism with the broadcast of a video showing Iraqi snipers shooting at U.S. troops. The broadcast, which aired last month on both CNN and CNN Headline News, featured edited portions of a tape the network said it obtained from a rebel group called Islamic … Continue reading