Why didn't CNN's international arm air its own documentary on Bahrain's Arab Spring repression? | Glenn Greenwald

A former CNN correspondent defies threats from her former employer to speak out about self-censorship at the network

• Comment: CNN and the business of state-sponsored TV news

In late March 2011, as the Arab Spring was spreading, CNN sent a four-person crew to Bahrain to produce a one-hour documentary on the use of internet technologies and social media by democracy activists in the region. Featuring on-air investigative correspondent Amber Lyon, the CNN team had a very eventful eight-day stay...