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While all three broadcast networks on Friday celebrated the American flag being raised at the newly-reopened U.S. embassy in Havana, CBS ignored Cuban dissidents not being invited to the ceremony, while NBC and ABC gave mere seconds to the controversy.
At the top of CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King proclaimed “a new era for the United States and Cuba,” adding minutes later: “...in just a few hours the American flag will once again fly over Havana. Secretary of State John Kerry left Joint Base Andrews this morning for the Cuban capital. He is the nation's first top diplomat to visit the island in 70 years.”