"Sister Angelica, the founder of the carmel and its EWTN ministry was called to task and had to recant her criticism of ArchbRoger of LA in 1997 and the archdiocese. Of course had she not done so her carmel would have been suppressed and EWTN would then be taken off the air."

Wrong.

Cardinal Mahony tried to shut Mother Angelica down, and CLEARLY he was unsuccessful.

EWTN is a private corporation run by a lay board of trustees.  The Catholic Church has no authority over it, anymore than the Catholic Church has authority over NCR, which I'm sure many popes would have liked to suppress, but couldn't.