tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post3897729004474454687..comments2024-03-26T02:19:16.090-07:00Comments on The Internet in Cuba: Committee to Protect Journalists report on CubaLarry Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903269871983592883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-45738403026358587282011-07-10T22:08:06.471-07:002011-07-10T22:08:06.471-07:00Walter Lippmann said ...
> The so-called "...Walter Lippmann said ...<br /><br />> The so-called "Committee to Protect Journalists" isn't a Cuban interest group. It's an ANTI-Cuban interest group.<br /><br />Their tagline is "defending journalists worldwide," and the content of their Web site is certainly global, and not focused on Cuba.<br /><br />> Washington did not permit absolute freedom of the press inside the US during World War II<br /><br />Do you really think the efforts by the US to sway Cuban public opinion are comparable to WW II?<br /><br />> The Cuban media is, nevertheless, making an effort to be more open and more investigative<br /><br />As the CPJ reported, they have stopped handing out long jail sentences. Have there been other liberalization steps?<br /><br />> If you had had any critical comment at all on the puff-profile which the New York Times gave to Yoani Sanchez, you might have had a touch of credibility. <br /><br />I did not see it -- send me a link.<br /><br />You moderate a <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/" rel="nofollow">pro-government list server</a> and travel a lot in Cuba. Are you subsidised in any way?<br /><br />> you, who have not even been to Cuba in a decade<br /><br />That is true, but from what I have read, the situation is sadder than when I was last there. See my post on <a href="http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2011/02/cubas-first-internet-connection.html" rel="nofollow">Cuba's first Internet connection</a>.<br /><br />Switching gears -- I know you travel frequently in Cuba and have many contacts there. Would you be willing to switch from discussing politics and provide technical and policy information on the state of the Cuban Internet? For example, can you shed some light on the state of the infrastructure planned and being deployed to complement the ALBA cable? Could you and your colleagues help with tests that would shed light on the impact of the cable once it is operational?Larry Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903269871983592883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3590880278864199477.post-21366965231159347662011-07-10T07:34:07.232-07:002011-07-10T07:34:07.232-07:00The so-called "Committee to Protect Journalis...The so-called "Committee to Protect Journalists" isn't a Cuban interest group. It's an ANTI-Cuban interest group. It has never come out against the tens of millions of dollars which Washington budgets to actively promote destabilization inside of and the overthrow of the Cuban government.<br /><br />One look at the corporate journalists and sponsors of the Committee to Protect Journalists makes that obvious:<br /><br /><br />How anyone can expect the Cuban authorities to permit unlimited freedom when the country is quite literally AT WAR with Washington is ridiculous. Washington did not permit absolute freedom of the press inside the US during World War II, as we saw in the famous Minneapolis Smith Act trial.<br /><br />The Cuban media is, nevertheless, making an effort to be more open and more investigative, as recent reports in that very media make evident. You do not acknowledge that, which makes it clear that your approach isn't balanced at all, but simple another front in the US media's cyberwar against Cuba.<br /><br />If you had had any critical comment at all on the puff-profile which the New York Times gave to Yoani Sanchez, you might have had a touch of credibility. However, you do nothing of the sort. That's why it's become obvious, that you, who have not even been to Cuba in a decade, represent yet another front in Washington's battle against Cuba.Walter Lippmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308035063275057775noreply@blogger.com