CNN Props Up Marxist Dictator of Cuba!
Babalu passed on this news tonight originally posted by Michael Graham at The Original Truth.
And, Babalu stands by the story.
** CNN tells news anchors to be kind to Castro today! **
Here is the email that went out this morning from the international desk at CNN:
From: Flexner, Allison
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:46 AM
To: *CNN Superdesk (TBS)
Cc: Neill, Morgan; Darlington, Shasta
Subject: Castro guidanceSome points on Castro – for adding to our anchor reads/reporting:
* Please say in our reporting that Castro stepped down in a letter he wrote to Granma (the communist party daily), as opposed to in a letter attributed to Fidel Castro. We have no reason to doubt he wrote his resignation letter, he has penned numerous articles over the past year and a half.
* Please note Fidel did bring social reforms to Cuba – namely free education and universal health care, and racial integration. in addition to being criticized for oppressing human rights and freedom of speech.
* Also the Cuban government blames a lot of Cuba’s economic problems on the US embargo, and while that has caused some difficulties, (far less so than the collapse of the Soviet Union) the bulk of Cuba’s economic problems are due to Cuba’s failed economic polices. Some analysts would say the US embargo was a benefit to Castro politically – something to blame problems on, by what the Cubans call “the imperialist,” meddling in their affairs.
* While despised by some, he is seen as a revolutionary hero, especially with leftist in Latin America, for standing up to the United States.
Any questions, please call the international desk.
Allison
The sender of this email is Allison Flexner whose current position at CNN is unknown. She has been in Cuba and is a producer.
NewsBusters has more on how the media treated the Castro story today.
UPDATE: The Astute Bloggers has even more proof of the MSM’s coddling of Castro.
