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Article: CNN's babe parade: with its new crew of young female anchors, CNN has shed its rather no nonsense image. But these talking heads are much more than just pretty faces. (Expat Page).
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- Swiss News
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- January 1, 2002
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On September 11 thousands of people all over Switzerland raced to their television sets. Most of them who understand English tuned in to CNN International. Where else would you turn for a minute-by-minute chronicle of the drama unfolding in New York and Washington and, soon thereafter, in Afghanistan?
Those who hadn't viewed the network for a while--as many of us hadn't, given the relatively quiet state of the globe before 9/11-may have noticed a not-so-subtle change. The network's anchor desk is decked out with an array of fresh faces, and not just any faces. They're young, attractive, mostly female, and recruited from every corner of the globe.
"These ...