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No CNN at Westgate

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I am no sure if this is at every Westgate, but Westgate Park City television does NOT have CNN, but does have Fox news and others. I find this interesting as David Siegel is very pro-republican and is very opinionated.

Does any other timeshare limit news sources?
 

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Some funny guy probably just programmed it that way - you should be able to change it with the remote.
 

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Consider Yourself lucky. Even luckier if there were no cable news channels;)

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I actually called the front desk and they said no CNN is available

It is not that important, I just think it is interesting that there is selective editing of channels depending on the CEO of the company
 

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I’ve seen this at various hotels.


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MSNBC is our favorite channel. Couldn’t get it at Carriage House in Las Vegas.
 

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And that is 'value added' to your stay! :cool:
 

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And that is 'value added' to your stay! :cool:

Obviously, you don’t know what you’re missing!


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As they say.... “no news is good news”
 

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When it comes to CNN, let's just say I prefer the fantasy written by Tolkien to that excreted from Atlanta.
But at the risk of this becoming a tit for tat, I'll add that I miss what media used to be because I do recall a time when conversation (at civil levels) was possible in the media and one CNN show I did enjoy considerably was The Capital Gang. To me, it marked a time when the networks would still at least make effort to confine their opinioning to a show appropriately labeled as such and tried to report the news the remainder of the day.

Those days are long gone.
 

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When it comes to CNN, let's just say I prefer the fantasy written by Tolkien to that excreted from Atlanta.
But at the risk of this becoming a tit for tat, I'll add that I miss what media used to be because I do recall a time when conversation (at civil levels) was possible in the media and one CNN show I did enjoy considerably was The Capital Gang. To me, it marked a time when the networks would still at least make effort to confine their opinioning to a show appropriately labeled as such and tried to report the news the remainder of the day.

Those days are long gone.
Now all press are the Ministry of Truth.
 

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Cable and the Internet give you so many more options of viewing different news sources around the world. IMO.
 

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Now all press are the Ministry of Truth.
It's a fair point, @davidvel - and I'm suspecting we have passed the point where an effective and honest media outlet can successfully exist in this environment.
 

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I thought of this thread this morning when CNN wouldn't come up on our TV. Small TVs/small cable box -- no issue. But on the large TVs/large cable box set ups, no CNN. Channels above and below come in, all other stations I checked were available, but black screens for CNN. Some sort of conspiracy for sure!
 

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I call them fairy tale news networks. Whatever fairy ‍♀️ tale you want change the channel. Each will tell you a different story.
We actually enjoy the local news when we travel.
 

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Funny you say that, we’re in Panama City Beach and first up is usually a murder on the news.
 

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My stepdad cannot get Fox News on his Dish basic package. He watches CNN and MSNBC only now. The cable companies do strange things with their packages.
 

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Yeah, it is always great to see all the crimes being committed in the places you love to travel to.o_O

back when only antennas existed - the GTA / Toronto area watched a lot more Buffalo TV.
The Buffalo news always seemed to lead with a house fire.

Some in Toronto thought that if they didn’t have one that day the Buffalo news went and “found one” .
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There was somewhat of a reason - Buffalo’s boom housing years were when Northern Michigan was logged
for building - so even in the 1970’s there were lots of 70 year old wooden houses with knob & tube wiring.

Toronto is much more of a brick city.
 

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We actually enjoy the local news when we travel.

We do that as well, i like to see what's important or at least considered newsworthy in different areas..

Part of what i really enjoy about travel is that it exposes me to different sights, things and ideas..

Yeah, it is always great to see all the crimes being committed in the places you love to travel to.o_O

Yes thats very true as well. But it also very easy as a traveler to only see the positives when there are always problems in every area
 

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I love to watch this local weather guy in the USVI... He always has the parrot :ROFLMAO:
 

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