Fuck Capitalism!
Fulgencio Batista, a Cuban general and politician, forcibly seized control of the Cuban island in March 1952, and along with naming himself president, deposed of the current president Carlos Prio Socarras. Batista then cancelled the oncoming presidential elections and declared a new system that he described as a “disciplined democracy”. The people of Cuba saw this seizing of power as a dictatorship and created rebellion groups that began to speak and act out against the government. These small rebel groups transformed into what is now known as the Cuban Revolution. One of the more well-known anti-Batista rebel groups was the “26th of July Movement” which was led and founded by a lawyer named Fidel Castro. Between December …show more content…
Newspapers were the main source of getting information out and around but it was also limited because there were rules on what you could and could not write. Newspapers were trustworthy but only to a certain extent because many contained propaganda and blatant biases that favored one side over the other. Therefore, it is no surprise that newspapers during the Bay of Pigs Invasion were very biased, with the authors clearly showing their support for either the U.S or Cuba. Four articles were examined, all of which contained some type of bias, negative wording, or clear …show more content…
The article titled, “Castro Set to Complete Takeover of Economy; New Soviet Aid Likely” is a very good example of this. The article is written after the U.S loss at the Bay of Pigs Invasion. A bleak mindset is present from the start. The word “takeover” in the title itself is very negative and overbearing. It gives an air of oppression to Cuba and it is clear that Cuba is meant to be the enemy. The Western media wants Fidel Castro and his government to be seen as tyrannical, they want their people to see him as a dictator and as someone to fear because they cannot have people supporting
Fulgencio Batista, a Cuban general and politician, forcibly seized control of the Cuban island in March 1952, and along with naming himself president, deposed of the current president Carlos Prio Socarras. Batista then cancelled the oncoming presidential elections and declared a new system that he described as a “disciplined democracy”. The people of Cuba saw this seizing of power as a dictatorship and created rebellion groups that began to speak and act out against the government. These small rebel groups transformed into what is now known as the Cuban Revolution. One of the more well-known anti-Batista rebel groups was the “26th of July Movement” which was led and founded by a lawyer named Fidel Castro. Between December …show more content…
Newspapers were the main source of getting information out and around but it was also limited because there were rules on what you could and could not write. Newspapers were trustworthy but only to a certain extent because many contained propaganda and blatant biases that favored one side over the other. Therefore, it is no surprise that newspapers during the Bay of Pigs Invasion were very biased, with the authors clearly showing their support for either the U.S or Cuba. Four articles were examined, all of which contained some type of bias, negative wording, or clear …show more content…
The article titled, “Castro Set to Complete Takeover of Economy; New Soviet Aid Likely” is a very good example of this. The article is written after the U.S loss at the Bay of Pigs Invasion. A bleak mindset is present from the start. The word “takeover” in the title itself is very negative and overbearing. It gives an air of oppression to Cuba and it is clear that Cuba is meant to be the enemy. The Western media wants Fidel Castro and his government to be seen as tyrannical, they want their people to see him as a dictator and as someone to fear because they cannot have people supporting