CNN Alert Spam - Phishing warning

I seem to have been plagued in the last 3 weeks with Alerts from CNN. It's interesting in that:

(i) I have certainly never signed up for them, I don't use the service in any way

(ii) Neither my ISP or my desktop spam filters seem able to stop them. It keeps on coming

When I follow the "remove" link and go to the CNN site (Note - its probably not the CNN Site - see my update below) to remove myself I see a big sign-in wall to go through - which I can't use because, as I never signed up, my password is thus unknown to me. And I have no interest in signing in because I'll bet that creates a second instance. C'mon guys, you know exactly what my address is - a simple "remove" button is the right thing to do here.

Update - following a Twitter conversation, two things are clear:

(i) Its not CNN that is doing this (or at least not overtly )

(ii) The site you are led to is likely to be a phishing site, looking more closely at the url. I was nearly taken in as I was cross and lost my natural caution - a lesson to even an old 'net hand like me, they are trying to pull all the emtional levers in phishing attempts.