December 31, 2008

Report Card for VOA piece on Cuban Revolution's 50th

Here's the first of a series of report cards on coverage of the Cuban revolution's 50th anniversary. I am using this grading system which is written from castro, inc's point of view.

The piece is from the Voice of America.

-10 use of word Communist

-10 for mentioning dissidents in jail

-10 for mentioning lack of freedoms

+10 for calling Batista a dictator without using the same expression for castro

+10 for calling raul castro president

+20 for mentioning "advances in health and education"

+10 for mentioning the embargo as a source of economic hardship

Verdict: The regime would not be very happy with this story overall. +20 is a failing grade. Still the "balance" of this piece favors the regime but castro, inc. apparently still has work to do influencing VOA.

Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at December 31, 2008 05:37 PM


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