CNN,BBC International

TV in our hotel room was most interesting. The two English-language broadcasts were BBC World and CNN International.

Sports coverage is very big on both of these channels, including football (covering David Beckam alot), basketball (mentioning LeBron), baseball (even mentioning the Indians), regular football, basketball, golf, tennis, world games, etc. etc, .etc. Ads on these stations heavily promote travel to places like Africa, Greece, and Kazakhstan (I am not kidding, the land of Borat). Ads showing green cars and other conservation and anti-pollution efforts are also big.

Clarrissa Explains It All in its Deutsch-language version is big. Go figure. The Daily Show with John Stewart International Edition was most interesting on CNN, including a disclaimer in the beginning of the show that it is a parody. Rob Riggle from actual Iraq was featured.

Some of the news stories (related to US and othersie) while we were there were Idaho Senator Craig and his Minneapolis airport stance (he he), Cheney drinking a beer in Australia while traffic was stopped for security reasons, and, of course, the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq.

This was the weekend of the 10th anniversary of Diana's passing. That of course was heavily covered on the BBC station.