http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=21495 open-minded writing from Cuba Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=605 http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=21495&cpage=1#comment-6221 Michael N. Landis Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:34:08 +0000 http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=21495#comment-6221 Waiting for the siege mentality of the old guard to die off is like waiting for Godot! Meanwhile, GRANMA (and, to a lesser extent, JUVENTUD REBELDE) reads like some sort of boring official gazette, for example, like our own CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, where the pontifications of politicians roll ever onward towards oblivion. Alternatives, like Havana Times, provide some relief, but just like up here these alternatives are less available to a wider audience. The situation is equally unsatisfactory in the States. Although we are presented with an alleged variety of media, these sources, like GRANMA cannot transgress an inplicit political line. Moreover, issues are almost never explored in depth; instead, whether Right (e.g. FOX) or "Left" (e.g. MSNBC or ABC) issues are reduced to gimmicks, or "talking heads" transformed to ranting heads. Incidentally, Al Jeezera, a truly first-rate international network with in-depth 3rd World coverage, is severely limited up here thanks to... Waiting for the siege mentality of the old guard to die off is like waiting for Godot! Meanwhile, GRANMA (and, to a lesser extent, JUVENTUD REBELDE) reads like some sort of boring official gazette, for example, like our own CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, where the pontifications of politicians roll ever onward towards oblivion. Alternatives, like Havana Times, provide some relief, but just like up here these alternatives are less available to a wider audience. The situation is equally unsatisfactory in the States. Although we are presented with an alleged variety of media, these sources, like GRANMA cannot transgress an inplicit political line. Moreover, issues are almost never explored in depth; instead, whether Right (e.g. FOX) or “Left” (e.g. MSNBC or ABC) issues are reduced to gimmicks, or “talking heads” transformed to ranting heads. Incidentally, Al Jeezera, a truly first-rate international network with in-depth 3rd World coverage, is severely limited up here thanks to…

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