October 10, 2007

The videos that ABC News was afraid to air (UPDATED)

Tonight on Hannity and Colmes (9:00 PM EDT, Fox News Channel) you will be able to see the video of real Cuban healthcare facilities that ABC news was afraid to air. You'll remember that several weeks ago John Stossel teased his 1-hour 20/20 special about American healthcare by taking Michael Moore to task for his touting of Cuban healthcare as superior in the faux documentary, Sicko.

The truth is that there were literally hours of material obtained specifically for ABC news at great personal risk to those who obtained it. And now copies of those materials are in the possession of Fox News.

In the aftermath of the teaser Stossel told his viewers in his weekly email that:

[t]he Cuban government reacted swiftly. The Central Committee met to discuss the "case" and then called members of the ABC Cuban bureau in for questioning.

The truth is that news gathering organizations with official Cuba bureaus are always under the scrutiny of the castro regime. The power the Cuban government wields over such organizations is the power to expel. And to this point all of these news operations have shown a willingness to cooperate with the regime (to a degree that they would never accommodate the US or other foreign governments) in order to have an official presence in Cuba when castro finally dies.

Fox News does not have a Cuba bureau and therefore is free to report on the island as it sees fit. As a result you are going to get, for the first time on national TV, a very good look at the reality of Cuba's much-publicized healthcare system.

Please make sure to spread the word to every single person you know. We can't understate the importance of this event.

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Update by Pitbull: If you are in the Miami area, you can see the videos on A Mano Limpia with Oscar Haza on Miami's Channel 41 (or on the internet here). Click where it says "Señal en Vivo." The program begins at 8 PM EST and lasts until 9 PM.

Tonight's BabaluBlog Radio Hour has been moved to tomorrow night, October 11, at 8:00 PM EDT to give this seminal event the undivided attention it deserves. George from The Real Cuba will be our guest the full hour.

Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at October 10, 2007 05:00 PM



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great move... It would have been too difficult to listen to Oscar and Babalu Radio at the same time
ademas you will have more bullets mañana for your radio show

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