Tasteless News Network

CNN should reconsider it's name in the wake of this story. The cable network has hired the estranged daughter of Fidel Castro as a commentator.  Alina Fernandez may very well be a competent reporter, she apparently hosts a radio show already. But this hiring, to me, is in poor taste. Essentially hiring the man's daughter to provide color commentary on his death watch is kind of tacky. (I've never been fond of this kind of thing, by the way. Remember Billy Carter?)

Fernandez, who was 3 when Castro took power and had sporadic contact with him, left Cuba disguised as a Spanish tourist in 1993. She moved to Miami, where she is a radio host and the author of "Castro's Daughter: An Exile's Memoir of Cuba."

Her father has temporarily handed over power to his brother Raul and remained out of the public eye after undergoing surgery for intestinal bleeding.

Fernandez will provide commentary and expertise about Cuba as the story about her father's health, and a potential succession of power, continues.

"At this critical point in history as a Cuban, it's important for me to draw the world's attention to the situation inside Cuba, as we reflect on its future," she said. "CNN is a global network, which can reach the largest population available.

I think TNN is already taken, though. Too bad.