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Old 07-07-2010, 10:56   #5
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Originally Posted by jw74 View Post
When Arafat died CNN ran weepy retrospectives and they weren't alone.
Countless people celebrate history's a-holes like che, chavez, mao, etc.. There are only a few villains that are un-supportable by the elite (hitler and vlad the impaler) and who knows where they'll stand in another decade.
I don't watch CNN so I don't really care if one of their team is a douche. The fourth estate was lost a long time ago and CNN ratings reflect that.
I doubt that her love of the Ayatolla was reciprocated. Her western appearance would have made her head a stone-stopper by his views.

Can you say "Peter Arnett?" CNN reporter in Badhdad and Saddam's American mouthpiece after GW1? They've never been particularly (as a group, not individually) pro-American.
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