February 23, 2007
Sun-Sentinel - The Spotlight Is On You
Now that the Chicago Tribune's Gary Marx has been ordered to leave Cuba for his "negative" reporting, the Miami Herald's Frances Robles writes that none other than South Florida's very own Sun-Sentinel is the only U.S. newspaper to have a Havana news bureau.
It's safe to say that the news of the Cuban regime's expulsion of Marx puts the spotlight squarely on the last remaining U.S. newspaper with a open presence in Cuba. Everything the Sun-Sentinel's Havana bureau publishes will be looked at with scrutiny, and people will wonder whether they are able to publish it only because they are in cahoots with the Cuban regime and don't want to risk being banished a la Marx.
The MSM will catch on to this and do several exposes on the lack of press freedoms in Cuba. People's eyes will open and they will see the light. They will finally understand what us intransigents have been saying for decades.
Then the alarm went off. 6:30 AM. Time to start a new day.
At least we have our dreams, right?
Posted by Robert M at February 23, 2007 10:51 AM
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Generally speaking, regardless of the specific entity involved, any news outfit that accepts having a bureau in Cuba in exchange for playing nice with its totalitarian regime and, in effect, censoring its reporting to suit that regime, is a journalistic prostitute. A whore. Simple as that.
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at February 23, 2007 11:47 AM
Asombra,
Couldn't have said it better myself. "Whoring for news" is the MSM's motto.
Posted by: Firefly at February 23, 2007 04:50 PM
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