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Article: CNN called Castro's 'megaphone'.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2002
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Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Is there a different sort of media bias afoot? The Media Research Center (MRC) is pointing a finger at CNN, claiming the news network does not offer fair, balanced coverage of Cuba.
After analyzing every Cuba-based story that has appeared on CNN since it established a Havana bureau five years ago, the MRC is calling the network a "propaganda tool for Fidel Castro's government" and a "megaphone for a dictator."
The MRC studied 212 news reports to find that CNN gave "six times more airplay" to Castro or communist spokesmen than to non-communist spokesmen, such as Catholic leaders or dissidents. The ...