August 17, 2007
Fake, but Accurate!
CBS News execs are in Havana, probably negotiating with the Cuban government to allow a full time news bureau.
TVNewser is reporting that CBS News executives are in Cuba. While the Tiffany network won't say what for, speculation is there may be negotiations with the Castro government for a full-time Havana bureau for the network.:A TVNewser tipster tells us, and a CBS News spokesperson confirms, that CBS News & Sports President Sean McManus and Evening News EP Rick Kaplan are in Cuba. The spokesperson could not tell TVNewser the mission of the trip. However, Kaplan has met with Cuban president Fidel Castro on past occasions, dating back to 1978.
No word yet on whether journalistic integrity received a nice swathing of vaseline before the big...um... push.
The Castro Broadcasting System. Has a nice ring to it, n'est pas?
Here's more from Rathergate:
No, giving us Cuban news from the Cuban government’s perspective is the inverse of journalistic integrity. It’s a cheap ratings stunt on the backs of millions of Cubans who suffer tyranny daily, and it would show just how amoral and vapid these network infotainment executives really are.
Posted by Val Prieto at August 17, 2007 03:25 PM
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And of course, CBS is only interested in being able to report the truth, whatever it may be, from each and every corner of the globe, with no concessions made or compromises accepted. Just like NBC. We're so fortunate to have such selfless and disinterested humanitarians take an interest in our miserable, I mean humble, little island. Let's just hope they make Diane Sawyer their Lucia Newman analog (assuming Sawyer is still presentable or can be surgically made that way).
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at August 17, 2007 04:02 PM
My stomach hurts reading this stuff.
I will pretend that I'm in a "happy place" and convince myself they're not telling us why they're meeting there because they've been told that "he" is dead and they're bidding for the exclusivity of airing the death news...
Happy place, happy place, happy place.
Posted by: Lori at August 17, 2007 04:32 PM
Time is of the essense. After all, fifo can only die once and they want a front row seat.
Posted by: Firefly at August 17, 2007 04:49 PM
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