At AP, Castros' Cuban 'Revolution' Is Alive and Well as It Never Died

Tom Blumer
November 27th, 2016 4:01 PM
Geraldo Rivera is far from the only member of the U.S. press with what Fox News's Pete Hegseth described Saturday as a "reflexive desire" to see Communist dictator Fidel Castro, whose death was announced Friday night, as a "cult hero." Entire major U.S. news outlets fell prey decades ago.
 

AP's Writeup on Castro's 85th Birthday Tags Him As 'Revolutionary Icon

Tom Blumer
August 13th, 2011 10:59 PM
Tuesday (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), yours truly noted an email from the Associated Press's Images Group which encouraged subscribing outlets to use its "iconic images and videos" to promote the 85th birthday of Fidel Castro, the "Legendary Cuban revolutionary and longtime leader." Today, writing what may be the wire service's last calendar-driven excuse to heap praise on him while he is…
 

AP Report on Cuba's May Day Reads Mostly Like Castro Propaganda Piece

Tom Blumer
May 1st, 2011 11:44 PM
The guess here is Associated Press writers Peter Orsi and Andrea Rodriguez believe their May Day dispatch from Cuba represents an example of objectivity and insightful analysis. Anyone with knowledge of how a country under the iron grip of a five-decade Communist dictatorship really operates would beg to differ.