CBSNews.com's Birthday Gift to Fidel: A Story Devoid of Castro Critics

Ken Shepherd
August 13th, 2009 5:59 PM
"As Castro Turns 83, Cuba Caught Between Past, Future," announces an August 13 headline for the CBSNews.com World Watch blog. The 10-paragraph entry by Havana-based news producer Portia Siegelbaum amounted to an electronic birthday card for the Communist dictator. No Castro critics, domestic or foreign, were cited in the story, although Siegelbaum made sure to note how a "U.S.-based religious…
 

CBS: 'Cubans Look for "Change" to Believe In

Ken Shepherd
January 20th, 2009 3:50 PM
CBSNews.com greets readers of its World Watch blog today with, "Cubans Look For 'Change' To Believe In."The blog post by Havana-based Portia Siegelbaum began by insisting that: Expectations are almost as high among Cubans as they are among Americans as the countdown to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama speeds up.  Of course, far-left rhetoric notwithstanding, the United States is a…
 

CBS's Havana-based Producer Lends Credence to Cuban 'Election

Ken Shepherd
January 21st, 2008 2:30 PM