The Lemming Report on Media Metooishness

Welcome to a new feature here at Babalu where we’ll highlight the latest messages coming out of Havana thanks to the media cacophony that is all to willing to serve as the mouthpiece for castro, inc’s propaganda machine.
Today we’ll be touching on the topic of fidel and his possible “run” for president in Cuba’s sham elections. Cuba is a communist state where only one political party is legal. There is virtually no division between the communist party and the Cuban government. As a result voters have a choice of exactly one candidate for each and every position they “vote” for. raul castro, tyrant Jr., even joked about this recently. The international news media never notes these facts when it produces a story about Cuba. To an uninformed observer Cuba is a functioning democracy.
But let’s take a closer look at the most recent behavior of the media lemmings. Just last week the news services were all happy to report the scoop of the week. fidel castro wrote in a letter (allegedly, because we don’t know whether he can even think much less write at this point) that he “wouldn’t cling to office.” Forget the sheer stupidity of repeating such a statement coming from a man who has had absolute power for almost half a century and take a look at the reports:
CNN, AP on CBS, ABC, International Herald Tribune, The Australian, Reuters on BBC
Now let’s see how well the puppet master controls the puppets. The story this week is that, in fact, fidel is getting healthier and likely to resume power despite his earlier statement that he would not “cling” to office.
AP on NYT, AFP, BBC on ABC of Australia, Reuters
Again that’s just a sampling. With the exception of the AFP piece, none mention the seemingly incongruous statements coming out of Havana. In fact such contradictions have been the norm in Cuba ever since fidel suddenly took ill a year and a half ago. Many of the top Cuban lackeys contradict each other and others such as hugo chavez when discussing castro’s health.
It should also be noted that the Reuters piece mentions that raul is “stumping” for his older brother in his “electoral district”. Really? How did Raul manage to not run into fidel’s opponent and his entourage on that campaign swing? Who is it that’s running against fidel again?
This is important folks because many otherwise well-educated folks get their news from these lazy, unoriginal copycats that are terrible excuses for journalists.