NoKo and CNN

North Korea claims that CNN fabricated a film of a public execution:

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday called a recent CNN program depicting a public execution in the communist state a "sheer fabrication" and dismissed it as a ratings ploy by the U.S.-based broadcaster.

North Korea takes any criticism of its internal affairs sensitively and brands it a part of U.S. conspiracy to topple the government of its leader, Kim Jong-il.

CNN earlier this month broadcast a documentary, "Undercover in the Secret State," which among other images showed a grainy clip of what it called a public execution by firing squad of a man accused of helping a refugee cross into neighboring China.

If any other news organization showed the film, I'd believe it to be true. CNN, however has squandered any credibility they once had.

How sad that CNN has sunk to the point that you have to question every single story or documentary they broadcast. It's doubly sad that I have to give North Korea a minute benefit of the doubt because of it knowing full well that they probably did indeed commit a public execution.