CNN

I'm watching CNN's live "coverage" of Saddam Hussein's execution. That live coverage consists of:

1. Aneesh Raman in Baghdad repeating that the Al-Arabiya and Al-Hurra news channels are reported that Saddam was executed. Did they really need to send Raman to Baghdad just to get him to repeat what he heard on other TV stations?

2. CNN identifies Al-Arabiya and Al-Hurra as "Arab media." Al-Arabiya is owned and operated by the Saudi dictatorship. Al-Hurra is owned and operated by the United States. That's why they got news of the execution first.

3. Anderson Cooper just asked his guest (can't remember the guest's name) to say if he thought Saddam's trial was fair. The guest said that he'd read verdict and found no problems with it. About 10 minutes earlier, the same was identified by Anderson Cooper as a someone who went to Iraq after the war to train its new judges. I wonder if he trained them about objectivity.

4. At the end of Larry King's show, he asked viewers to stay tuned for Anderson Cooper's continuing coverage of Saddam's execution. He then asked viewers to tune in tomorrow night for animal trainer Jack Hanna.

5. CNN's Arwa Damon is also in Baghdad. She keeps saying that saying that Iraq has been waiting up all night for news of Saddam's hanging. Is that reporting? Did she drive around Iraq and count all the houses with lights on?

My theory -- We announced that the execution was imminent several hours ago, but kept Iraqis waiting up all night for it on purpose. That way, Saddam's supporters would be too sleepy to go out and blow stuff up.