Israeli television viewers may soon no longer have access to CNN after the Jewish state's cable television regulator gave stations the right to pull the U.S. network within three months because of CNN’s coverage of the Middle East conflict. The cable authority announced it was making the decision officially because of the financial situation of cable broadcasters, many struggling under heavy debt loads, saying CNN's subscription rates are too high, Agence France-Presse (AFP) said. But cable authority officials acknowledged to reporters that there was "unhappiness" with the U.S. network's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin blasted CNN as well as the BBC for their Middle East coverage, and said he would not oppose any move by a local satellite television company to cut off both networks.
I can remember when both CNN and BBC were quality networks, but that's pretty far in the past for both of 'em... |