For the past few years I’ve tried to temper my habit of conservative talk radio with daily visits to CNN.com.? The other day a head link caught my eye.? “The Actor Who Spent Three Months In Bed”? The article was about Javier Bardem, a Spanish actor who is getting some Oscar buzz for his role in “The Sea Inside”.? The film is about a quadriplegic Ramon Sanpedro who fought for his so called, “Right to Die” for some thirty years.

Mr. Bardem goes on for some time about his preparation for the role, then moves on to talk about how he things the American public will receive it.? The last few paragraphs are what got me all worked up.? I’ll quote directly from the article:

Although he is the only Spanish actor ever nominated for an Oscar, Bardem says winning an Academy Award “is not important for me. Not at all. It is more important that bombings stop in Iraq, that United States respect the Kyoto Accord, or that international observers be allowed to Guantanamo.”

“Maybe with this new government, half the country would not want to see it. The half that voted for Bush,” he said. “But honestly, I do not need them to go see it.”

Now I’m all for Mr. Bardem getting to say whatever he wants to say.? But this article, this interview, was not about U.S. politics, it’s not even about Mr. Bardem’s politics, it’s about a movie.

So why did CNN.com feel it appropriate to include his little rant.? Probably because they want to print these little jabs at whatever chance they get.? I promise you if an actor of the opposing view point had made such comments, CNN.com would not have printed it, if they ran any part of the interview at all.

So, I’m off CNN.? Now because I don’t agree with their politics, but because they have politics to disagree with.