Just read that Al Gore is planning to buy NewsWorld International, a cable channel that currently airs international news broadcasts, in order to form a new network with a liberal bend.

While the last thing we need is another politically-slanted cable channel (regardless of slant, though some of the fringier groups could have interesting programming), I more lament the loss of a US outlet for international news. We get so little idea of what others are reporting, either in general or about the US, that even a slightly-watched channel is a valuable resource.

I suppose we'll still have the news on BBC America, and whatever random sightings of Deutsche Welle one can find.