NEWS: Italian Prisoner Trade

I was shocked while watching the Colbert Report to find out (although it was expressed comically at the time) that Italy had traded terrorist prisoners with Afghani terror groups to retain a journalist that was being held captive. However, I did not see CNN (or any other news source I have seen today) mention it. When I searched for specifics on this obviously important event, all I could find was an article in the European Herald Tribune. I am very disturbed at the complete lack of coverage for this event, and I would like to have your feedback on it. Maybe I just missed some of the broadcasts by coincidence...but I need you all to give me your input and what you think about this lack of coverage.