December 31, 2008

Report Card for Reuters piece on Cuban Revolution's 50th Anniversary

Here's the second 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 Reuters.

-10 for using the word "communist"

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

+10 for calling raul castro president

+10 for hinting that the embargo is at least partially to blame for Cuba's hardships

Bonus +10 for misrepresenting Barack Obama's (most recent) views about the embargo. He campaigned on relaxing travel and remittance restrictions only.



Verdict: +30 is only marginally better (from the regime's point of view) than VOA. If only Reuters had assigned Marc Frank its Cuba correspondent who has written more than 1000 articles for the official newspaper of Communist Party USA (instead of Jeff Franks) they would have surely scored much higher.

Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at December 31, 2008 05:55 PM

Comments

Un prospero año nuevo! Recuerden vestir de negro el dia primero de Enero, recordando la muerte de la libertad de Cuba!!

Happy New Year! Remember to dress in black on the first of the year, in remembrance of the end of Cuban freedom!!

Posted by: SunriseInHavana [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 1, 2009 12:41 AM


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