In July 1996, CBS’s Dan Rather traveled to Cuba for a CBS Reports prime time documentary, The Last Revolutionary. Rather and Castro hiked together in the mountains where Castro plotted to overthrow the Cuban government.
In November 1993, CBS This Morning reporter Giselle Fernandez spent three days in Cuba delivering what she admitted was a "pretty postcard" view of the communist island. In three days of live reports, Fernandez devoted exactly one sentence to Castro’s human rights abuses.
In March 1993, ABC’s Diane Sawyer traveled to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro for Prime Time Live, but only once did she raise the issue of human rights abuses and political prisoners. Upon the dictator’s denial, she dropped the matter completely. The remainder of the interview had the coziness of a People profile.
In April 1989, ABC anchor Peter Jennings went to Cuba and provided his own optimistic report card on Cuban communism. Jennings also fell for the state’s line on health care. April 3, 1989, World News Tonight
In December 1988, CBS This Morning spent two days reporting from Cuba. CBS all but ignored the totalitarian nature of the Cuban regime, only alluding in passing to the human rights violations, the lack of civil liberties, and the disastrous economic condition brought on by the communist system. Co-host Kathleen Sullivan was enthusiastic about the benefits of Castro’s revolution.
In February 1988, just weeks after the State Department named communist Cuba one of the worst human rights oppressors in the world, NBC’s Today program sent its cameras to the island to investigate. NBC’s conciliatory approach allowed Castro to spew lies about his drug connections and the wonderful achievements of the Cuban revolution. Reporter Ed Rabel was typical.
Combined from Feb. 24 and 25, 2009 -- Rachel Maddow claimed to be "speechless" after Jindal's reponse, and went on to distort his remarks in regard to Hurricane Katrina.
Rachel Maddow seeks out GOP stimulus plan 'clarity' only to reject it. Clips are from February 17 and 18, 2009 shows of the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.
Former Gitmo guard Brandon Neely on the Rachel Maddow Show from Tuesday February 17, 2009.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on the Rachel Maddow Show, Feb. 10, 2009