CNN to Viewer: Cheney "X" is Free Speech. Don't Like It? Don't Watch!

DRUDGE REPORT: A CNN switchboard operator was fired over the holiday -- after the operator claimed the 'X' placed over Vice President's Dick Cheney's face was 'free speech!'

'We did it just to make a point. Tell them to stop lying, Bush and Cheney,' the CNN operator said to a caller. 'Bring our soldiers home.'

The caller initially phoned the network to complain about the all-news channel flashing an 'X' over Cheney as he gave an address live from Washington.

'Was it not freedom of speech? Yes or No?' the CNN operator explained.

'If you don't like it, don't watch.'

And they fired the loon who told this to the viewer. My thought is they should have promoted him or her. That individual is probably the ONLY honest person at CNN.

And, yes, I don't like it, and I DON'T watch!