First it was Gary Marx of the Chicago Tribune.
Now it’s Cesar Gonzalez-Calero of Mexican daily El Universal.
It seems to me that such a perfect society such as fidel castro’s Cuba, with the constant claims of victory in the Battle of Ideas, and such a utopian country where the population is always elated and warm and friendly, with free universal healthcare, 100% literacy, low infant mortality rate, magnificent agrarian and agricultural reforms, etc..etc…should have nothing to be ashamed of, much less worried about, and should be beyond reproach.
Ahem.
hmmm. Interesting how I did a search over at CNN and there is no mention of reporters being expelled from Cuba. Looks like CNN is doing a bang up job of media ethics.They want to stay so they report what castro allows. It must be lonely at the top of the MSM moral high ground. What a picture of CNN and the other moral media giants with their tails between their legs.
Is it just that the blogosphere has started to pay attention more to this sort of thing or is it that more journalists are pushing the envelope of “acceptable to the regime”?
Matt,
In Gary Marx case he has written some pieces which I would consider non-critical puff pieces about Cuba but in others (and yes more recently) he has done more of what we could consider “real journalism” trying to get different angles covered on whatever issue he was reporting on. Of course the regime doesn’t like that.
By the way, where are the people who always try to make the US and Cuba moral equivalents?
Are they going to blame the embargo or US government policy for the way the regime treats real journalists (not the hacks they have working at theoir propaganda arms)?
Where are you guys? I want to know what excuse you are going to come up with now? These journalists were “mercenaries”? What is it?
Speak up.
Matt,
In Gary Marx case he has written some pieces which I would consider non-critical puff pieces about Cuba but in others (and yes more recently) he has done more of what we could consider “real journalism” trying to get different angles covered on whatever issue he was reporting on. Of course the regime doesn’t like that.
By the way, where are the people who always try to make the US and Cuba moral equivalents?
Are they going to blame the embargo or US government policy for the way the regime treats real journalists (not the hacks they have working at theoir propaganda arms)?
Where are you guys? I want to know what excuse you are going to come up with now? These journalists were “mercenaries”? What is it?
Speak up.
Henry,
Dont hold your breath. And put on your waders cause I think the shit’s gonna start getting deep on this issue soon enough.