A CBS producer was fired for cutting into CSI to announce Arafat's death. Now, to me, it doesn't matter if Arafat was or was not the biggest turd on the face of the earth. Any person of his stature who dies is more news than that of CSI.
And don't take this as a defense of Arafat.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041113/2004-11-13T031059Z_01_N12145163_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-MEDIA-ARAFAT-DC.html
