CNN-Free Hotels

A hotel chain in Wisconsin has made the hotel experience a little more pleasant with the removal of CNN from their channel lineup:

ROTHSCHILD — Guests at one local hotel who switch on the TV in search of the latest news no longer have CNN as an option.

The Stoney Creek Inn, 1100 Imperial Ave., in Rothschild has dropped the 24-hour news channels CNN and CNN Headline News from its basic cable offerings.

Tony Magro, 76, of Barrington, Ill., stayed at the inn Monday night and said he was told by a receptionist that the hotel chain’s corporate office had issued a letter calling for the removal of the channels because CNN aids terrorists.

I can understand their frustration with CNN, but this is probably a little bit of an overreaction. As long as other news channels are available, the customer can choose to support terrorist television or not.