Manufacturing the enemy : the media war against Cuba

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    • Bolender, Keith

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Manufacturing the enemy : the media war against Cuba

Keith Bolender

Pluto Press, 2019

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-226) and index

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Mainstream media in the United States for the past 60 years has converged with the neo-colonial foreign policy objectives of the state to create a misinformed, biased narrative against the Cuban revolution. Using extensive examples, including pre-revolutionary historic coverage, journalist Keith Bolender reveals how the national press has established an anti-Cuba chronicle in adherence to Washington's unrelenting regime change policies. From coverage of the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cuban Five and the current issues of Obama's 'Cuban Thaw' in 2014 to the renewed hostility under the Trump Administration, the edition examines with specific clarity how damaging corporate media treatment of Cuba is to the understanding of the revolution and those who continue to support it. This original treatment scrutinises the foundation for the media's hostility against Cuba's socialist political/economic system, providing new insight into the propaganda workings of the so called 'free' press in the US and across Western liberal democracies. The work is a unique resource for activists, journalists and students interested in the ever-complicated relationship between the United States and its island neighbour to the south.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Media Control of Cuban History 2. The Media versus the Revolution 3. The Case of the Cuban Five 4. The Media Opens and Closes Against Cuba 5. Future Coverage Notes Bibliography Index

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