US 'paid anti-Cuba journalists' (1 Viewer)

[LeftyHenry]

Apparently, The US government has payed journalists to write anti-cuba propaganda. The article is below



US 'paid anti-Cuba journalists'

El Nuevo Herald said trust had been violated
At least 10 Florida-based journalists were paid by the US government to contribute to anti-Cuba propaganda broadcasts, the Miami Herald says.
Three writers have been sacked by the Miami Herald newspaper group for an alleged conflict of interest.

One was paid $175,000 (£98,000) for hosting shows on the US-funded channels TV and Radio Marti, the paper says.

The channels are broadcast to Cuba but their programmes cannot be transmitted in the US under anti-propaganda laws.

Pablo Alfonso, who writes an opinion column for El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister paper of the Miami Herald, was paid almost $175,000 to present TV and radio programmes.


There is nothing suspect in this. I would do it for free
Juan Manuel Cao,
Journalist

The paper's reporter Wilfredo Cancio Isla was paid $15,000 and freelancer Olga Connor $71,000.

All were sacked by the Herald.

None made any comment.

Jesus Diaz Jr, president of Miami Herald Media, said the payments violated a ''sacred trust'' between journalists and the public.

''Even the appearance that your objectivity or integrity might have been impaired is something we can't condone, not in our business,'' he said.

Castro row

The Cuban government has long alleged that journalists writing on US-Cuban politics were in the pay of the US government...

Full Article Here

 

[RightinNYC]

Apparently, The US government has payed journalists to write anti-cuba propaganda. The article is below



US 'paid anti-Cuba journalists'

El Nuevo Herald said trust had been violated
At least 10 Florida-based journalists were paid by the US government to contribute to anti-Cuba propaganda broadcasts, the Miami Herald says.
Three writers have been sacked by the Miami Herald newspaper group for an alleged conflict of interest.

One was paid $175,000 (£98,000) for hosting shows on the US-funded channels TV and Radio Marti, the paper says.

The channels are broadcast to Cuba but their programmes cannot be transmitted in the US under anti-propaganda laws.

Pablo Alfonso, who writes an opinion column for El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister paper of the Miami Herald, was paid almost $175,000 to present TV and radio programmes.


There is nothing suspect in this. I would do it for free
Juan Manuel Cao,
Journalist

The paper's reporter Wilfredo Cancio Isla was paid $15,000 and freelancer Olga Connor $71,000.

All were sacked by the Herald.

None made any comment.

Jesus Diaz Jr, president of Miami Herald Media, said the payments violated a ''sacred trust'' between journalists and the public.

''Even the appearance that your objectivity or integrity might have been impaired is something we can't condone, not in our business,'' he said.

Castro row

The Cuban government has long alleged that journalists writing on US-Cuban politics were in the pay of the US government...

Full Article Here

Wait, you mean that on their own time, some journalists who were passionate about a political issue worked for a separate agency that broadcast into Cuba and Cuba alone, and were paid for their services?

Scandalous.

 

[Harshaw]

Yes, those traitors. String 'em like we did the Radio Free Europe folks during the Cold War.