I think you're reading too much into it, CNN can't actually be stupid enough to support North Korea. What are the quotes around the words 'defection' and 'unlikely' supposed to imply here? That if an athlete did try to run away, it wouldn't really be a defection?
I know they're retarded, but nothing is that retarded (except perhaps the Libertarian Party).
CNN, but not just them, really are that retarded.
And yeah, the porcupine party is pretty retarded at times. We definitely get up there into the single digits.
At least we're not called "The Whigs".
But who tackles the surveillance team when they run away?