Di Cuba ada kantor CNN. Waktu dibuka kantor tsb sebagaian jaringan media di USA menamakan Castro News Network [CNN].
----- Original Message ----- From: "Satrio Arismunandar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "news Trans TV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "AJI INDONESIA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "ppiindia" <[email protected]>; "mediacare mediacare" <[email protected]>; "Cikeas Cikeas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Forum Kompas" <[email protected]>; "jurnalisme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "pantau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Etalase Indonesia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 4:41 PM Subject: CiKEAS NY Times complains Cuba won't let U.S. media in to bash it. > NY Times complains Cuba won't let U.S. media in to > bash it. > Posted by: "Walter Lippmann" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > walterx > Mon Aug 7, 2006 5:36 am (PST) > > The U.S. media, which for the most part has > participated in the blockade through indifference to > Cuba throught the years, is now paying the price for > their indifference. The Cubans have allowed > foreign journalists in who have spent years here > bashing Cuba in > an endless cycle of boring and predictable > commentaries. Now that > we're in a new state, these news outlets, which tried > to ignore > Cuba when not reviling it, think Cuba should simply > roll over and > play dead, opening their doors to everyone who wants > to come here > and write about the buildings which need paint and the > salaries > which aren't enough to go to Wal-Mart and so on. > Sorry, but with > all due modesty, my committment is to be here for > extended periods > of time, and to share both my own impressions and > those of others > who write, good and bad, about life in this country. > > The Cuban Revolution is a good thing, all sorts of > reasons, but > this country has plenty of problems and > contradictions, big and > small, serious and frivolous. The more time I spend > here, the > more I know how little I know. But what little I know > is a whole > lot more than the nearly nothing these wiseacres who > just show up > and rant hysterically know. Their reportage is > constantly filled > with the crudest factual errors. My home town > newspaper, for one > example, sent the editor of their Sunday opinion > section here not > long ago. He couldn't even get Alarcon's name right! > Now what we > see is that these outlets are getting a taste of Cuban > sovereignty, > something for which they have expressed contempt all > all along and > they don't like it. For Cuba, there are some things > which are more > important than money, the few lousy dollars which > these newspaper > presstitutes would put into a hotel. Cuba allows CBS > and NBC to > have bureaus here. AP, Reuters, and the Sun-Sentinel > have also had > bureaus here. They write about the dissidents, about > long line and > other problems in Cuban life, but they at least > display a modicum > of committment by keeping people here full-time. The > Sun-Sentinel's > Vanessa Bauza took a sabbatical. They sent a couple of > people who > stayed for a couple of weeks, but didn't fill her > slot. Well don't > blame Cuba for that. > > Furthermore, Washington won't allow most people to > come to Cuba to > see it for themselves. Ordinary people. It won't even > allow Cuban > Americans to come to see their families except under > extremely > limiting and infrequent conditions. Washington won't > allow Cubans > to visit the United States, without paying a > NON-REFUNDABLE $200 > fee JUST TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW at the U.S. Interests > Section, and, > in most cases, to have that request denied, but > Washington keeps > the $200.00. All of these factors are ignored by such > reporting as > what we read here in the New York Slimes. > > If they would like to be able to come to Cuba, start > writing about > the travel ban! Start demanding Washington allow > Cubans to come to > visit the United States, and not have to pay $200.00 > JUST TO ASK! > > Cuba is a sovereign nation. Anyone who wants to write > about this > country with a Havana by-line, something which gives > the articles > a touch of authenticity, has to ask for and receive > PERMISSION to > do that from Cuba's government. Cuba is a sovereign > nation. > > Deal with it! > > Walter Lippmann, CubaNews > http://www.walterlippmann.com > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews > > ====================================================== > > THE NEW YORK TIMES > August 7, 2006 > Stymied on the Castro Beat: Few See Behind the Curtain > By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE > > With one of the biggest events in Cuban history now > unfolding - the > provisional, and perhaps permanent, transition of > power from Fidel > Castro to his brother Raúl - many news organizations > in the United > States are scrambling to cover the situation in a > Communist country > that bars most American reporters. > > The wire services that serve American newspapers, > chiefly The > Associated Press but also Reuters, have bureaus in > Havana - as does > CNN - but they are the exceptions. > > Reporters are at the mercy of the Castro government in > getting > working visas, and most are unsuccessful. At least a > dozen reporters > have sought to enter the country on tourist visas and > been turned > away at the airport; a few have slipped through and > have been > operating in the island nation sub rosa, which hampers > their ability > to report fully. > > One news executive said that scores of journalists, > perhaps hundreds > of them, were in Cancún, Mexico, waiting for > permission to enter the > country. Some news organizations, including The > Washington Post, are > using reporters already accredited and based in > Havana. Others, > including The New York Times, are using employees in > Havana who are > not identified, for what The Times says are security > reasons. > > The Chicago Tribune and The South Florida > Sun-Sentinel, both owned > by the Tribune Company, appear to be the only two > major American > newspapers with a bureau in Havana. Those two papers, > along with The > Dallas Morning News, set up operations in 2001 after a > decade of > courting Cuban officials; they were the first there in > four decades. > (The Dallas paper closed its bureau last year for > budget reasons.) > > Gary Marx, The Tribune's man in Havana, has been > filing reports > regularly since Mr. Castro underwent surgery last > week. Unfortunately > for The Sun-Sentinel, it had no one in Cuba at the > time, a spokesman > said. > > While Cuba granted The Sun-Sentinel, in Fort > Lauderdale, a presence, > it has withheld such permission from The Miami Herald > (owned by the > McClatchy Company). Miami is home to the largest > population of Cuban > exiles in the country. > > Juan O. Tamayo, chief of correspondents for The > Herald, said that > Cuban officials regarded the paper with suspicion. > "They want to try > to put their message out forcefully through the media, > and we here in > Miami simply know too much and need to cover Cuba too > intensely to > fit their needs," he said. > > The Herald is still trying to get reporters into Cuba, > he said, "but > we're having problems with visas." > > To view the current thirty CubaNews messages: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/messages > > If this message was forwarded to you, subscription > details may be found > here: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/ > > To unsubscribe from this CubaNews group, send an email > to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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