Where is Fidel Castro and why isn't he able to meet with NBC News? If Castro were as healthy as the Cuban government has been saying, you would think they'd want to get him out there. It would be the scoop of all scoops for NBC News and the Today Show. Yet, that doesn't look like it's going to happen.
What about Raul? Is he available? Apparently not:
"It's always timely to go to Cuba," Bell said. "There's always news there. Being there is news in itself."So, they're going to report on the conditions in Cuba but can't interview the guys in charge. That's interesting. Will they have minders determining what and where they can go? Will they have their stories run by the Cuban government to determine what gets to broadcast or will they have the ability to run stories however they see fit? Will the Today show be up front about whatever limitations are put on their trip? What have they had to give up in order to make the trip in the first place?
There is no expectation NBC will interview ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 10 months, or his brother Raul, who has been running the country, Bell said.
Besides examining Cuba's political future, "Today" plans stories on the impact of the U.S. embargo on both countries.
Will NBC News go into the hospitals - not just the clinics catering to foreigners to generate income for the government but those that serve the Cuban people? Will they report on the shortages of basic items? Will they show the intense poverty that exists in the country despite the claims that it is a socialist paradise?
Journalists aren't held to the same restrictions as regular American citizens as they can enter Cuba to do reporting. Babalu Blog notes that it took 18 months to negotiate this trip and the last time NBC News set foot on the island, Brian Williams made absolutely no effort to delve into the thuggery of the Castro regime and the political prisoners being held there.
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