Cuba and the Castro News Filter

Wall Street Journal/ Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Investment companies that provide market analysis are required by law to disclose potential conflicts of interest that could bias their reports. Imagine if media outlets were forced to do the same with stories filed from inside Cuba's military dictatorship. Their disclaimers might read like this: "This report was prepared under psychological duress, threat of loss of journalistic credentials, imprisonment or expulsion from the country, and while being spied on 24-7."

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