Comments on: Media Bias Against Cuba http://noillusionspodcast.com/2008/03/02/media-bias-against-cuba/ Science, atheism, politics, futurism, and a hard dose of the truth. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cameron Reilly http://noillusionspodcast.com/2008/03/02/media-bias-against-cuba/comment-page-1/#comment-411518 Cameron Reilly Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:48:11 +0000 http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/02/media-bias-against-cuba/#comment-411518 Charlie, if you understand the amount of money that the US has been throwing at trying to bring Cuba down over the last 50 years, including using propaganda, it's easy to understand why they maintain a certain level of control over their media. Here's another point - we in the West like to think that we have a "free media" but that, too, is pretty much bullshit. Look at who owns the media companies in our countries. Rich guys and the government. Until the net started to break down those boundaries, the media has been controlled in the West. It's controlled by only issuing licenses to wealthy individuals or corporations, through the restriction of commercial support for media who support the acceptable messages, and through censorship. Let's not believe the hype we get sold by our governments. We don't have "free" media either. We have a very tightly controlled media, it's just controlled in different ways. Charlie, if you understand the amount of money that the US has been throwing at trying to bring Cuba down over the last 50 years, including using propaganda, it’s easy to understand why they maintain a certain level of control over their media.

Here’s another point – we in the West like to think that we have a “free media” but that, too, is pretty much bullshit. Look at who owns the media companies in our countries. Rich guys and the government. Until the net started to break down those boundaries, the media has been controlled in the West. It’s controlled by only issuing licenses to wealthy individuals or corporations, through the restriction of commercial support for media who support the acceptable messages, and through censorship.

Let’s not believe the hype we get sold by our governments. We don’t have “free” media either. We have a very tightly controlled media, it’s just controlled in different ways.

]]> By: Charlie http://noillusionspodcast.com/2008/03/02/media-bias-against-cuba/comment-page-1/#comment-410780 Charlie Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:38:40 +0000 http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/02/media-bias-against-cuba/#comment-410780 All valid points and the left wing press in both the UK and America would love to report these things but as far as I know (and I could be wrong) they're not allowed to freely enter Cuba to report these things (http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=20534). I'm suspicious of any government that won't allow freedom of the press or internet access. All valid points and the left wing press in both the UK and America would love to report these things but as far as I know (and I could be wrong) they’re not allowed to freely enter Cuba to report these things (http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=20534). I’m suspicious of any government that won’t allow freedom of the press or internet access.

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